Mark V. Hurd Quotes

Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances and because they don't have the right execution.

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• Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.

  

  Laura Kightlinger
  • Women
  • Say
  • Feminist

• We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.

  

  Dani Shapiro
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Pain

• They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

  

  Harold Rosenberg
  • Life
  • Enough
  • Enjoy

• The Asian brand, which I admire for having become a global success, is Samsung. In comparison, we're just starting, but I believe that we at Uniqlo will be the next Asian brand to do well globally.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Believe
  • Success
  • Starting

• An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • American
  • Want
  • Attitude

• I think you kind of have to put yourself out there.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Think
  • Kind
  • Yourself

• I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.

  

  Mackenzie Foy
  • Love
  • Word
  • Written

• But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • People
  • Work
  • Day

• Daytime soap operas, which I used to adore, have been declining in quality and importance for over a decade, and I gradually stopped monitoring them.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Quality
  • Used
  • Decade

• When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.

  

  Walter Isaacson
  • Truth
  • Balance
  • Kindness

• Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Country
  • America
  • Yourself

• I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.

  

  Larry David
  • Money
  • Kids
  • Guy

• Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.

  

  Karolina Kurkova
  • Life
  • Great
  • Enjoy Life

• I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Child
  • Understand
  • Parent

• We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.

  

  Edgar Mitchell
  • Find
  • System
  • Solar

• Tradition is an element that enters into play with destiny, because you are born into a particular family - Jewish or Islamic or Christian or Mexican - and your family determines to some extent what you are expected to become. And society is always there attempting to determine the role we will play within it.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Family
  • Society
  • Christian

• Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

  

  Larry Page
  • Time
  • Future
  • Succeed

• The idea that everyone should slavishly work so they do something inefficiently so they keep their job - that just doesn't make any sense to me. That can't be the right answer.

  

  Larry Page
  • Work
  • Job
  • Me

• When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.

  

  Adi Godrej
  • World
  • Strong
  • Growth

• Characters are born from necessity.

  

  Christopher Paolini

• Instead of thinking about other people's thoughts and views of you, just think "I have to do well myself," and you'll be able to do well.

  

  Yesung
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Thoughts

• I never have free time, I don't know about you. You ever go to the cash machine, there's two people in line in front of you and you get kinda flustered, you're like "Forget it! I'm not standing here for 40 seconds. I got things to do, okay?"

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • People
  • Funny
  • Forget

• I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Think
  • Rights
  • Human Rights

• Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances and because they don't have the right execution.

  

  Mark V. Hurd