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title: "92 Operating Quotes by 88 authors"
description: "Browse 92 Operating quotes by 88 authors. Discover the best Operating sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/john-cleese-1768_creativity_creativity-is-not-a-talent-it-is-a-way-o_352153.jpg"
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> [Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cleese/creativity-is-not-a-talent-it-is-a-way-of-operating/)

[John Cleese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cleese/)

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> [Culture is your operating system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/culture-is-your-operating-system/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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> [Listening to nature's operating instructions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janine-benyus/listening-to-nature-s-operating-instructions/)

[Janine Benyus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janine-benyus/)

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> [Never wear your necktie while you're operating a lathe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-prine/never-wear-your-necktie-while-you-re-operating-a-lathe/)

[John Prine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-prine/)

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> [We have to stop any offense when they're operating at their best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devin-mccourty/we-have-to-stop-any-offense-when-they-re-operating-at-their-best/)

[Devin McCourty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devin-mccourty/)

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> [We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/we-re-operating-this-planet-like-a-business-in-liquidation/)

[Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/)

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> [I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-herman/i-m-an-anti-standard-operating-procedure-guy/)

[Tom Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-herman/)

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> [I'm better not operating at center stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-anschutz/i-m-better-not-operating-at-center-stage/)

[Philip Anschutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-anschutz/)

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> [One of the things you learn operating in the technology industry is disruptions are occurring every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-costolo/one-of-the-things-you-learn-operating-in-the-technology-industry-is/)

[Dick Costolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-costolo/)

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> [In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogden-stiers/in-television-you-go-in-with-this-operating-system-that-it-is-a/)

[David Ogden Stiers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogden-stiers/)

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> [We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/we-are-now-operating-a-school-system-in-america-that-s-more/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Civilization needs a new operating system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-hawken/this-planet-came-with-a-set-of-instructions-but-we-seem-to-have/)

[Paul Hawken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-hawken/)

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> [The definition of an 'operating system' is bound to evolve with customer demands and technological possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-postrel/the-definition-of-an-operating-system-is-bound-to-evolve-with/)

[Virginia Postrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-postrel/)

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> [Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/domestic-terrorism-has-opened-new-war-zones-operating-off-the/)

[Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/)

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> [You don't... get it, boy... This isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-miller/you-don-t-get-it-boy-this-isn-t-a-mudhole-it-s-an-operating-table-and/)

[Frank Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-miller/)

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> [Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-schneider/some-people-thrive-on-creating-chaos-and-then-operating-through-it/)

[John Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-schneider/)

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> [I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aminatta-forna/i-temporarily-became-a-surgeon-for-memory-of-love-i-spent-two-weeks/)

[Aminatta Forna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aminatta-forna/)

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> [We are looking for targets that have a tremendous strategic fit for the company. The colleges must have complementary education programs, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-larson/we-are-looking-for-targets-that-have-a-tremendous-strategic-fit-for/)

[John Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-larson/)

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> [In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/in-cognitively-demanding-fields-there-are-no-naturals-nobody-walks/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-kelly/one-of-the-joys-of-being-at-st-george-is-you-were-operating-under-the/)

[Gail Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-kelly/)

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> [Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mo-ibrahim/positive-market-incentives-operating-in-the-public-interest-are-too/)

[Mo Ibrahim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mo-ibrahim/)

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> [I think that might have been an element in it, and people have asked me that very thing. Remember, Disney is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregg-easterbrook/i-think-that-might-have-been-an-element-in-it-and-people-have-asked/)

[Gregg Easterbrook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregg-easterbrook/)

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> [I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-reed/i-believe-in-operating-in-the-big-middle-of-the-electorate-and-not/)

[Sam Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-reed/)

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> [Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mackey/some-of-the-greatest-businesses-operating-from-a-deeper-purpose-have/)

[John Mackey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mackey/)

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> [He brought a sensibility and a hard-edged reasonableness to operating restaurants that had a lasting impact on me and still affects how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bastianich/he-brought-a-sensibility-and-a-hard-edged-reasonableness-to-operating/)

[Joe Bastianich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bastianich/)

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> [It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kapor/it-became-clear-to-me-by-1984-that-microsoft-was-likely-going-to-be/)

[Mitch Kapor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kapor/)

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> [What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-holt/what-s-great-about-working-on-a-sitcom-is-that-i-spend-so-much-time/)

[Olivia Holt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-holt/)

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> [Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harris/writing-a-novel-unlike-operating-a-piece-of-heavy-machinery-say-or/)

[Robert Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harris/)

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> [Selling Atari when I did - I think that's my biggest regret. And I probably should have gotten back heavily into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nolan-bushnell/selling-atari-when-i-did-i-think-that-s-my-biggest-regret-and-i/)

[Nolan Bushnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nolan-bushnell/)

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> [I don't have any rift with President Obama at all. I think that he is operating in an entirely different arena than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-moore/i-don-t-have-any-rift-with-president-obama-at-all-i-think-that-he-is/)

[Gwen Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-moore/)

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> [Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-vaynerchuk/here-s-how-i-work-it-s-2013-and-most-marketers-are-operating-like-it/)

[Gary Vaynerchuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-vaynerchuk/)

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> [Talking about Apple v. Microsoft without mentioning the Internet and the browser is like talking about WWII without talking about the nuke.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-arrington/talking-about-apple-v-microsoft-without-mentioning-the-internet-and/)

[Michael Arrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-arrington/)

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> [We will never make a 32-bit operating system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-will-never-make-a-32-bit-operating-system/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Literacy is so you can read the operating instructions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/literacy-is-so-you-can-read-the-operating-instructions/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [Microsoft has a monopoly over the desktop operating systems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-alsop/microsoft-has-a-monopoly-over-the-desktop-operating-systems/)

[Stewart Alsop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-alsop/)

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> [I was only operating at about 80% of my capacity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-lomu/i-was-only-operating-at-about-80-of-my-capacity/)

[Jonah Lomu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-lomu/)

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> [I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigitte-nielsen/i-know-i-am-the-first-female-celebrity-in-the-world-who-has-allowed/)

[Brigitte Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigitte-nielsen/)

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> [UNIX always presumes you know what you're doing. You're the human being, after all, and it is a mere operating system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-ullman/unix-always-presumes-you-know-what-you-re-doing-you-re-the-human/)

[Ellen Ullman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-ullman/)

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> [During the desperate depression of the 1980s, there were no oil and gas companies without net operating losses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-kaiser/during-the-desperate-depression-of-the-1980s-there-were-no-oil-and/)

[George Kaiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-kaiser/)

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> [No one cares what operating system you run as long as it stays up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-perens/no-one-cares-what-operating-system-you-run-as-long-as-it-stays-up/)

[Bruce Perens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-perens/)

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