Thomas J. Watson Quotes - Famous Quotes by Thomas J. Watson
Born: 1874-02-17
Died: 1956-06-19
Thomas J. Watson Biography
All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to think. The trouble is that people very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
- Thomas J. Watson
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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost.
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I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.
- Thomas J. Watson
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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
- Thomas J. Watson
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
- Thomas J. Watson
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Man has made some machines that can answer questions provided the facts are profusely stored in them, but we will never be able to make a machine that will ask questions. The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer.
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Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
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The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.
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Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
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