--- title: "6 Devices Quotes By Tom Peters" description: "6 Devices quotes by Tom Peters. Plus more from Tom Peters and more Devices sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/tom-peters-967_design_the-market-may-never-coalesce-around-one_1403.png" --- > [The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-market-may-never-coalesce-around-one-basic-design-or-even-around/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/tom-peters-967_design_the-market-may-never-coalesce-around-one_1403.png) > [If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/if-as-i-anticipate-a-wide-array-of-personal-portable-information/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/tom-peters-967_anticipate_if-as-i-anticipate-a-wide-array-of-perso_2838.png) > [MP3 players and flash memory devices are good for data storage and playback of music and digital talking books, but they offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/mp3-players-and-flash-memory-devices-are-good-for-data-storage-and/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/tom-peters-967_book_mp3-players-and-flash-memory-devices-are_229522.png) > [When it comes to e-book playback devices and software, I have always thought that the emphasis on ergonomic concerns as a tipping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/when-it-comes-to-e-book-playback-devices-and-software-i-have-always/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/tom-peters-967_book_when-it-comes-to-e-book-playback-devices_1282208.jpg) > [I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/i-used-to-be-skeptical-when-educators-and-technologists-predicted/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/tom-peters-967_access_i-used-to-be-skeptical-when-educators-an_1760010.jpg) > [Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/authors-and-publishers-want-fair-compensation-and-a-means-of/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/tom-peters-967_amount_authors-and-publishers-want-fair-compens_2146468.jpg) ## Other authors on Devices ## More by Tom Peters > [The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-market-may-never-coalesce-around-one-basic-design-or-even-around/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/if-as-i-anticipate-a-wide-array-of-personal-portable-information/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/anybody-who-is-an-entrepreneur-is-a-person-who-essentially-has/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/remember-my-mantra-distinct-or-extinct/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [A good collection is more than just the sum of its parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/a-good-collection-is-more-than-just-the-sum-of-its-parts/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/leaders-careers-will-usually-be-determined-by-their-handling-of-one/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/i-don-t-know-what-it-means-to-manage-the-human-imagination-but-i-do/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Hire disrespectful people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/hire-disrespectful-people/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Hire for attitude. Train for skill... More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/hire-for-attitude-train-for-skill-more/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/if-there-is-a-single-tragic-flaw-that-mars-our-biggest-enterprises-it/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/think-about-the-market-think-about-the-design-and-think-about-who-is/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-excellence-standard-is-not-about-grand-outcomes-in-zenlike-terms/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/the-day-firing-becomes-easy-is-the-day-to-fire-yourself/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [Only pissed-off people change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/only-pissed-off-people-change-the-world/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) > [What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-peters/what-you-decide-not-to-do-is-probably-more-important-that-what-you/) [Tom Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-peters/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": 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