General quotes
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Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.
I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world's energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.
It is the American way to reward ability.
I get angry at a principle, not a person.
Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot.
When placed in command, take charge.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
I don't think that I would consider myself a feminist. I think that I certainly believe in equal rights, I believe that women are just as capable, if not more so in a lot of different dimensions, but I don't, I think have, sort of, the militant drive and the sort of, the chip on the shoulder that sometimes comes with that.
Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading', and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well.
I have a cell phone that doesn't behave like a phone: It behaves like a computer that makes calls. Computers are becoming an integral part of daily life. And if people don't start designing them to be more user-friendly, then an even larger part of the population is going to be left out of even more stuff.
You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.
'Programming' is a four-letter word.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.
The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.
What new technology does is create new opportunities to do a job that customers want done.
If companies don't think systemically enough — if they try to capture too much of the value — eventually, innovation moves somewhere else.
Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
I would love to work with Karlie Kloss and model for Chanel. And I would love to be in a music video with Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift, my two favorite artists.
Tough times call for tougher decisions.
