Ross Perot
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot, known as Ross Perot, is an American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the Reform party presidential candidate in 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systemsin 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 June 1930
CityTexarkana, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.
One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it cries as one, is a great roar.
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
It is the individual's ability to deal with the unexpected that characterizes the difference between success and failure.
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
Business is a cobweb of human relationships
Japan is our rival, not our enemy. Japan is a competitor... Bashing a Toyota won't make a better car.
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before.
We've been very lucky today, ... We've had a tremendous run-up in the stock ... (but) we're in it for the long haul.
The only hard-and-fast rules a Perot must operate under are getting a sound education; being honest and ethical in our business dealings; treating the people who work for us with respect and dignity; and, finally, a Perot cannot be afraid to take risks when appropriate.