Facebook Quote by David Kirkpatrick

“Andy Grove, the longtime CEO of Intel, was known to be so harsh and intimidating that a subordinate once fainted during a performance review.”

— Brad Stone

“Richard Tedlow’s biography of Andy Grove, Intel’s legendary CEO, asserts that management and leadership are like forehand and backhand. You have to be good…

— Kim Malone Scott

“At some point you have to toss aside the things and people that don't work and JUST. BUILD. YOUR. EMPIRE.”

— Travis Simmons

“Just the wrong perspective,” he said. “We’re squaring them up to be the enemy, but mostly because we need an enemy.” “So you’re saying…

— Matthew Mather

“But paranoids might have real enemies and obsessives might obsess about really important stuff.”

— Stan Goff

“Paranoia, he said, was fundamentally egocentric, and every conspiracy theory served in some way to aggrandize the believer. But he was also fond of…

— William Gibson

“The paranoid CIOs are not weak, they are just mindful, inquisitive, and innovative.”

— Pearl Zhu

“Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn’t in the…

— Terry Pratchett

“Reed had once warned that brains were untrustworthy – that like any computer, they could be hacked.”

— K.C. Alexander

“His success was due in part to his ability to spread his own paranoia, the fear that there was always somebody about to attack.”

— Joshua Davis

“In order to be a tech leader, visionary and strategist you can't fear being wrong - it is going to happen sooner or later!”

— Kevin Coleman

“How could I ever trust a man who's been as good a spy as you have?”

— Kurt Vonnegut