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Ron Williams Quotes

As CEO of Aetna, I was a buyer of portfolio companies rather than a participant in the value creation process. From the end of the assembly line, what happened in manufacturing wasn't visible to me.

Ron Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: 1949

Topics

Value Me Process End Creation Line

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

John Avlon

Anger Smart People Sick American

Sometimes, I feel like I'm lost. But I've always said that I believe in God.

Joel Embiid

God Believe Feel Lost Sometimes

In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.

John de Mol, Jr.

Future Creative Tired People Ideas

Well, basically, when you get SNL, everyone wants to take a meeting, just in case you end up being good.

Andy Samberg

Good End You Meeting Everyone Up

Mental health can be just as important as physical health - and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.

Michael Greger

Health Depression Mental Health Just

I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.

Amy Chua

Good Great Parenting Happy Think

There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

Steve Coogan

Smart Comedy Doing Need Analysis

There are hazards in anything one does but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

Shirley Williams

Doing Nothing Anything Greater Does

My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.

Steve Wozniak

Good Money Computers Goal Build Ton

When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks.

Robert T. Bakker

Looking You Nest Size Eagles See

My mother was a Swede who grew up in Denmark. When I go there, I visit the street where she grew up and look at her house, which is still there, and the snowberry bush, from which she ate some berries and had to have her stomach pumped.

Ruth Rendell

Mother Look House Go Street She

At the end of the Middle Ages, nobody would ever have expected the monasteries to vanish from the scene within a generation - yet they did. Change does happen.

Rowan Williams

Change End Generation Nobody Within