I'm the ninth CEO of IBM. Every one of my predecessors has steered through a technological shift, and every one left the company in a better position than the person before them and prepared this company with a very strong balance sheet to allow it to continue to invest for the next shift.
Ginni Rometty
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW This is very significant because this is one of the final steps in IBM transforming itself from a ha... SAM ALBERT She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Internet entrepreneurs are using technology at every level of their company - from a one-person agen... MARC OSTROFSKY Clearly, every company needs a leader. That's an important part of being the CEO of the company. SANJAY KUMAR How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Our ongoing stock repurchase program demonstrates the confidence we have in our company and shows ou... HAROLD HUGHES Every company has a gay employee and every company sells to gay consumers, and a company doesn't wan... CAL JILLSON It is always great to see technology leaders like Ginni Rometty, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman brea... NAVEEN JAIN These kinds of things generally are temporary -- you should get regulatory relief for a lot of this.... GORDON HOWALD These kinds of things generally are temporary -- you should get regulatory relief for a lot of this,... GORDON HOWALD If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. F... JOHN T. CHAMBERS Extreme night shift work in high altitude astronomy is easily avoidable by using a split night shift... STEVEN MAGEE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE I have a dream, I have a vision, I have a mission, I have to do something, I will do this at this ti... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To me, it's really important to drive change through a team because one person, while the buck h... SANJAY KUMAR The CEO of every company - large and small - needs to invest the time to make its employees aware th... CARLA HILLS I'm a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I'm an American. I run an American ... JEFFREY R. IMMELT IBM is taking the high ground and sitting it out while other companies slug it out. There is no comp... BRIAN GAMMAGE I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture. I'm... DANIEL H. PINK Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES As an actor, I'm very much a company person. And this also goes through my life: I have a dread ... IAN HOLM I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone... I'm just saying that I'm one-of-a-kind. C LIONG Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We advised clients to downgrade the shares because this is a company that has a troubled balance she... BEN REITZES You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for mysel... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS 2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to devel... JAMES C. DOBSON I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum. IVAN GLASENBERG I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly
to start by assuming that it is impossib... LEWIS N. ROE Using the scientific knowledge that we
currently possess, we can take simple logical steps, backed b... LEWIS N. ROE In each instance, Sam has done far more than manage operations effectively, ... He has made it both ... LOUIS GERSTNER In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Mauna Kea night shift was an 18 hour night in wintertime at the 13,796 feet summit (before sunse... STEVEN MAGEE Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Remember, Pfeiffer came from the sales organization in Compaq before he became the CEO and it was ha... LOU MAZZUCCHELLI Intel has one of the most valuable brands in the world, and we intend to grow the value of our brand... ERIC KIM The person blaming others for his lack of success is like the CEO, of a company blaming his messenge... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) My biggest dream for this company is to restore it - to bring Time Warner back to the position that ... RICHARD PARSONS If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS What you get with Disney is a low stock valuation on a company that I think will have forward earnin... LARRY HAVERTY You're looking for a growth company in a growth industry with good management and a good balance she... JAMES AWAD It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I think the purest of souls, those with the most fragile of hearts, must be meant for a short life. ... EMM COLE Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK We invest millions of dollars every year, and now more than half is being aligned through vertical m... CRAIG MCCOLLUM the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Every revolution begins with one voice crying in the wilderness. JEFFREY FRY I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI
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