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Masayoshi Son Quotes

I said from the very beginning, 'Yahoo should position itself as a technology innovation company, not as a media company.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: japanese
Birth: August 11, 1957

Topics

Technology Innovation Beginning Media

Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores.

Serious Crime Broke Scandinavian Per

I hate auditions.

Andie MacDowell

Trump's been a public personality forever, and that's fine if you want him to be a reality-TV host, but if you want him to be president, there's a different standard.

Personality You Want President Him

I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy.

Life New York Moments Person Nice

Only by moving away from the comforts of your conference room to truly engage with and listen to your customers can you learn in depth about their problems, produce features to solve those problems, and learn what drives customers to recommend, approve, and purchase products.

Moving Problems Learn You Listen

Like most citizens of popular and international urban centres, I don't take advantage of the cultural opportunities. Perhaps this comes from growing up in suburbia. Home is where you eat, sleep, read, watch television and ignore your parents. It is not where you go to the ballet and then attend a heated panel discussion about it afterwards.

Home Sleep Parents Growing Up Ignore

To me, a yummy mummy is a mum in her twenties, like Donna Air.

Me Air Her Like Twenties Mummy

I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.

World Eye Real Sure Make Real World

I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture.

Best Book Advice Encouragement Years

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience.

Life Experience Excellence Me Doing

A job is a very healthy thing to do.

Job Healthy Very Thing Healthy Thing

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Victory Self Him Over Enemies Count

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