Quotations

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.

Harry S. Truman, quoted by Time, June 9, 1975

Our company has, indeed, stumbled onto some of its new products. But never forget that you can only stumble if you are moving.

Richard P. Carlton, Former CEO, 3M Corporation

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Robert Frost

 

The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.

Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876

 

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.

Walt Disney

If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going.

Professor Irwin Corey

 

I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

“Harley [Davidson] is maybe the best brand name in the U.S. Coca-Cola is a good brand name, but people don’t tattoo it on their bodies.”

Ralph Wanger, Chicago mutual fund manager

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.

Thomas A. Edison