Frans van Houten Quotes
At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs.

Quotes to Explore
-
I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
-
I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
-
I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I'm giving you myself in the music. There's where the connection comes from; you can't Twitter that.
-
Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
-
I was unbelievably lucky.
-
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
-
If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
-
It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
-
A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
-
I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
-
I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.
-
The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
-
I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
-
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
-
Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
-
The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
-
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
-
Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
-
I have done a lot of work internally to find out who I am, what voice Eamonn Walker has and how he wants to put it out there.
-
I get enjoyment out of writing, but I get absolutely no enjoyment out of rewriting, so I don't do much of it. The more you work on something, certainly, the better it gets. But there's also a pretty clear law of diminishing returns. It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like to almost rewrite everything.
-
Make your employer feel truthfully that you are sincere with him; that you are going to promote his interest; that you are going to stand for the things which he represents; that you are proud of being a member of his staff, and there is nothing that will reap you a richer reward. Loyalty above all!
-
I'm just attracted to people for who they are on the inside.
-
Struck in the wet mire Four thousand leagues from the ninth buried city I thought of Troy, what we had built her for.
-
At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs.