“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”
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“If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.”
“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.”
“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.”
“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”
“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.”
“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.”
“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.”
“Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.”
“Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.”
“A company is only as good as the people it keeps.”
“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.”
“I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.”
“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.”
“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”
“Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.”
“The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.”
“Carpe per diem - seize the check.”
“I buy when other people are selling.”
“A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his.”
“My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.”
“The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.”
“The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.”
“Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.”