The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Companies will need to pursue a more diversified business model, but I think those companies that have what I call a focused diversified business model will be more successful.
For a number of major companies, if you can't access the commercial markets, you can't fund your business. That's a big problem. You can't pay your bills.
Dell will participate in tablets and all sorts of client devices. Our main business is helping our customers secure, protect their data and access it from any device they want to.
I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.
If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something.
In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but it's always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance.
Google is a business that gets paid when users want to see - want to click on - the ad. If we show ads that no one wants to see, we don't generate revenue.
For me, the most fun is change or growth. There are definitely elements of both that I like. Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
Being able to communicate with a loved one that you haven't talked to in a while because of some communication break makes their life and your life in a much better place.
People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with climate change.
Some people are averse to change, but the advertising model is going to change with or without the Hopper. What we're saying to the broadcasters is, 'There's a way for you not to put your head in the sand.'
My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.
The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.
The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.
People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.
We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury.
My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark.
