Gordon Bethune Quotes

Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.

Gordon Bethune

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The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy.

Jessica Lynch

WarCrazyYouWhySoldiersShooting

I'd love to fly, especially with the gas prices right now.

Joel Gretsch

LoveFlyNowRightGasPrices

I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed.

John Cusack

GoodFriendGirlTexasDifferent

Preppy never goes away. It just has its moment every 15 years, and then it goes back underground.

Michael Bastian

MomentBackNeverYearsAwayJust

The plain truth is, 'Fruitvale Station' was made totally outside the Hollywood studio system, and every ounce of the picture feels authentic. The lives of the people involved in the movie will never be the same.

John Singleton

TruthPeopleTruth IsPictureNever

You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry.

John T. Chambers

TimeYouRight TimeWantRightYour

When your product solves a problem that costs customers sleep, revenue, or profits, things are definitely looking up.

Steve Blank

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I love basketball because it's social, and you're not even thinking about working out - you're just playing a game and getting great exercise at the same time.

Sterling K. Brown

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If you look at where the tried and true of Silicon Valley VC's are investing, it's in people who understand what it takes, who've been through it and have a network of people they can tap and resources to pull together.

Tony Fadell

TogetherPeopleYouLookUnderstand

Most of our designs are developed long before there is a practical possibility of carrying them out. I do that on purpose and have done it all my life. I do it when I am interested in something.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

LifePurposeI AmMy LifeLongDone

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you can't pass a complicated government-run plan.

Dick Gephardt

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Several amendments should be made to the primary and general election laws to improve them, but such changes must in no way interfere with a full and free expression of the people's choice in naming the candidates to be voted on at general elections.

Arthur Capper

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