Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Quotes

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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

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• Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • More
  • Where
  • Egypt

• I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.

  

  Nate Silver
  • People
  • Think
  • Control

• You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.

  

  Adam Carolla
  • Society
  • Credit
  • Credit Card

• You tax Mexico? The president of the United States is going to tax Mexico to get a wall for the United States of America? I'm pointing out the absurdity of a lot of these comments.

  

  Dana Perino
  • America
  • You
  • Wall

• We don't swim for the attention. We don't swim to be rock stars. There is something beautiful about being in an anonymous sport and being fairly anonymous. It enables you do something you love without any of the other effects.

  

  Aaron Peirsol
  • Love
  • Beautiful
  • Attention

• I feel like if I'm going to take time reading, I better be learning.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Time
  • Reading
  • Learning

• The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality, then all noise, all disputations, come to an end.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • God
  • Reality

• I always remind myself that what one observes is at best a combination of variance and returns, not just returns.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

• Never get high on your ownly supply.

  

  The Notorious B.I.G.
  • High

• The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.

  

  Fred Wilson
  • Technology

• I definitely think there needs to be more of a focus and movement on getting coding taught in schools. There's really only so much after-school programs like Black Girls Code can do to really drive that change. And those classes shouldn't only take place in high school. We should make sure that we teach kids about coding at an early age.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • School
  • Kids
  • High

• When we were shooting 'The Book Thief,' I was keeping all these journals. And I remember talking to my mom, really trying to verbalize all the experiences I was having. And I remember my mom saying, 'Ben, reflection is a retroactive process.' When you're going through it, that's the time to just let it wash over you.

  

  Ben Schnetzer
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Book

• I think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model, and I think people are jumping and missing that stage.

  

  Kim Alexis
  • People
  • Model
  • Missing

• Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

  

  Christoph Waltz
  • Life
  • Father
  • Challenge

• I always thought I was really thick.

  

  Jeremy Gilley

• There is no new wave, only the sea.

  

  Claude Chabrol
  • Sea

• I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally.

  

  Kim Cattrall

• I do feel that I have to use my voice for those that don't have one. I have to do the best I can in my own work to represent my culture, represent the women of my country, of Latin America. What we stand for. What we're made of.

  

  Shakira
  • Work
  • Women
  • Country

• If you get a no from somebody, don't say, 'I'm going to take this as some big cosmic signal.' No, you just got a no, deal with it. Just go to the next step.

  

  Bob Goff
  • Deal
  • Next Step
  • Cosmic Signal

• Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

  

  Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • World
  • Great

• Opportunities for fraud are open and they are taken advantage of. The most elementary precautions are neither taken nor even contemplated. The reverse is the case. People such as myself who attempt to bring openness and accountability to the system are pursued, suspended and dismissed.

  

  Marta Andreasen
  • People
  • Opportunity
  • Taken

• Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.

  

  Brent Weeks
  • People
  • Real
  • Model

• Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.

  

  Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
  • Accountability