The best Quotes by Thomas J. Watson

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.

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No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 1 Episode 11

Sex New York City

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

Grüner Kobold in Spider-Man

Fame New York City

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

New York City

Manhattan, for millions of our forefathers, the gateway to hope, opportunity and happiness beyond their wildest dreams. Today, that hope is still alive, it's called "The First Date". On Saturday nights, every restaurant in Lower Manhattan resembles its own little Ellis Island.

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 3

New York City Manhatten

I want to wake up in that city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

New York City

In a city that moves so fast, you get the Sunday paper on Saturday - how did any of us know how much time we had left?

Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City - Season 2 Episode 5

New York City

We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.

Bill de Blasio

New York City

Regardless of our differences, this was still New York. A melting pot crammed onto an island, then pushed into a subway car with a rat eating pizza. You're not left or right. You're a New f*cking Yorker and we're in this together.

Jordan Klepper in The Daily Show - Debates Anti-Vax Mandate Protesters in NYC

New York City

Do you know how bad that coffee has to be to to be considered a health risk in New York? This is the same city where pizza gets delivered by a rat!

Ronny Chieng in The Daily Show

New York City

A true leader does what is right, no matter what others think.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Responsibility Leaders

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

Nelson Mandela

Leaders

Ich gehe langsam, aber ich gehe nie zurück.

Abraham Lincoln

Progress

Without progress there will be stagnation and decay. There again, progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation.

Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Progress

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

Usher

Success

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

Christian McCaffrey

Success

Great companies are built on great products.

Elon Musk

Business Tesla

In a world that's changing so quickly, you're guaranteed to fail if you don't take any risks.

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook CEO)

Progress Change Risk Business

If one does not often make mistakes, then one has not challenged oneself enough.

Ferry Porsche

Motivation

It's not technology that makes history, but the people who invented it.

Ferry Porsche

Technology

I think we can all agree Elon isn't serious and it's time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won't confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I'm going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.

Mark Zuckerberg - August 2023

Elon Musk

Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones. The future is coming.

Mark Zuckerberg

Virtual Reality

I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

Robert Bosch

Business

You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.

Tim Cook

We're very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world's best products and enriching people's lives.

Tim Cook

Apple

Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.

Howard Schultz

Starbucks

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

Howard Schultz

You'll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.

Ray Kroc

Traveling

The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.

Ray Kroc

Success

Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.

Elon Musk - July 2025

2025

Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.
Have a nice day, DJT!

Elon Musk - Juni 2025

Donald Trump 2025 The Epstein Files

We really do believe that we can improve the world, one song at a time.

Daniel Ek (Spotify CEO)

Spotify

I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.

Daniel Ek (Spotify CEO)

Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.

Reed Hastings

Ideas Business

If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte... ours is that the Web site adapts to the individual's taste.

Reed Hastings (Netflix CEO)

Netflix Starbucks

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.

Lee Iacocca

Business

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

Lee Iacocca

Bosses

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

Sam Walton

Money Capitalism Business

High expectations are the key to everything.

Sam Walton

Ambition

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Warren Buffett

Success Fame

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett

Trees Safety

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

Jack Ma

Giving Up Motivation

When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.

Jack Ma

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

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