Thomas J. Watson Quotes

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Thomas J. Watson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1874 - June 19, 1956

Topics

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I'm somewhat horrified because I don't think the young people today even know what history is. Some of them don't' even study History at school anymore or Geography and they don't know where one place is from another.

Joan Sutherland

TodayHistorySchoolPeopleThink

The educational highlights I remember were not in the classroom. My father spent a lot of time with me when he could. He taught me how to take square roots, a skill I have retained but do not use often, except to check that I still remember.

Angus Deaton

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You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.

Amy Sedaris

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I'm always working on a new album because I'm always writing, and I'm always in and out of my home studio.

Sophie B. Hawkins

HomeWritingNewAlwaysOutWorking

People will come up to me at shows and tell me that a song touched them in a completely different way than I wrote it. That's fun. Fans translating it in their own way.

Tori Kelly

FunPeopleMeSongWillWay

The gloomiest way of describing the ancient world is it is misogyny from A to Z, really.

Mary Beard

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What we need to do is we need to come to grips with this cancerous form of the Islamic religion that is breaking down the Arab world order, and that is very clear.

Michael T. Flynn

ReligionWorldDownNeedClearCome

I am definitely a Hillary, a Secretary Clinton supporter. I think that she's got the experience and the leadership capabilities to be the next president - and most importantly, her understanding of domestic and foreign policy and social issues.

Michael Kelly

LeadershipExperienceI AmThinkShe

We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.

Diane Hendricks

BusinessGovernmentSmallDoingWay

Obviously I'd love to see Demetrious Johnson, you know, 'Demetrious Johnson $500,000 payout baby,' absolutely.

Demetrious Johnson

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Characters with questionable morals are sexy.

Brian Azzarello

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In hip-hop, I wasn't very focused on delivering a message. It was just a string of lines that didn't connect. What I wanted to do is write stories... and affect someone's emotions with that song. I think as a soul singer, I'm able to accomplish that.

Aloe Blacc

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