Jean-Philippe Courtois Quotes
Microsoft wasn't born as an enterprise company. We have always been growing with end users in mind.
Quotes to Explore
-
I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books, got my GED while I was in there, and worked out every day. Strong body, strong mind.
-
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
-
Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
-
I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
-
In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
-
The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
-
I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage.
-
When I was a kid growing up, I used to watch 'DuckTales.'
-
The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
-
I brought in a yogurt master from Turkey. I went to Greece. I was always going back and forth, from New York to Turkey and Greece. The recipe we use has been around hundreds and hundreds of years. Growing up in Turkey, not a day would go by that we wouldn't eat yogurt like this.
-
To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
-
The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
-
There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.
-
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
-
In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
-
I haven't been drinking for years now. Something's got to give. I don't mind that I'm a guy that's stopped drinking, though this interview is making me mighty thirsty.
-
You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
-
I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
-
By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.
-
When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.
-
My message with 'LazyTown' has always been really simple; I just want to get kids and families moving together.
-
I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.
-
Microsoft wasn't born as an enterprise company. We have always been growing with end users in mind.
