You can have a set list and program the whole show, ... but if it's not working, it's not working. read more

You can have a set list and program the whole show, ... but if it's not working, it's not working. You need to be able to adjust your set and be flexible.

I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous read more

I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous sacrifices by our employees. We have our work cut out for us; we are not out of the woods yet.

The role of research has always been to do the groundbreaking work and, as part of IBM, to transfer the read more

The role of research has always been to do the groundbreaking work and, as part of IBM, to transfer the work to products. I see my career as standing on a wall and seeing both ways. One way is seeing new possibilities and the other is building new products.

I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie read more

I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie Holiday. Before television when there was radio.

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end read more

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one read more

I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one is tough to accept. But the kids never quit. The kids hung in there and we battled back-and-forth, back-and-forth. It was a wild high school baseball game.

We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting read more

We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting better, so we can try to extend the season as long as possible.

When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to read more

When I arrived in London 11 years ago, restaurant service was terrible. It's getting better every year. Americans tend to be over-the-top about complaining.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.