Thomas Watson, Jr.
Thomas Watson, Jr.
Thomas John Watson Jr.was an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. He was the 2nd president of IBM, the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. He received many honors during his lifetime, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Watson was called "the greatest capitalist in history" and one of "100 most influential people of the 20th century"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth14 January 1914
CountryUnited States of America
Good design is good business.
Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential.
Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.
In order to be a success in business, there is one thing you must do. You cannot be successful without it. That is WORK. I have not told you anything new. Everyone knows that you cannot be successful in anything without work. Why does not everyone work? Because some lack the one thing that makes men want to work - ENTHUSIASM. That is something no one can give you. You must acquire it yourself, and the only way that you can become enthusiastic about anything is to have a thorough KNOWLEDGE of it. You have never seen an enthusiastic man who was lazy.
The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his ass.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise.
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.
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 opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we've got beyond this media firestorm.
If you over-react to a crisis legislatively it generally ends in disaster.
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 to a shadow state.