Thomas Watson, Jr. Quotes

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• Good design is good business.
• If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an…
• I believe the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can be very often traced to the question of how well the organization…
• Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential.
• The worst possible thing ... was to lie dead in the water with any problem. Solve it, solve it quickly ... If you solved it…
• If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
• Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
• The serendipitous nature of hypertext links is just brilliant for a curious mind. I love it.
• The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted…
• If you over-react to a crisis legislatively it generally ends in disaster.

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