David Packard Quotes
Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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To be 23 and riding the crest of a song sweeping the world country by country is to live an altered and wholly rarefied existence.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.
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There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations officer, it was still run along the 'old boys' network' model.
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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
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I've had death threats, if you can imagine.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
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Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.
