You just can't let it get to you. You have to remain focused on what you're doing.

You just can't let it get to you. You have to remain focused on what you're doing.

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and read more

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before read more

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.

I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.

I am the Roman Emperor, and am above grammar.

The appeal of the rural companies is that they have a lot less competition, fewer unknowns in their business and read more

The appeal of the rural companies is that they have a lot less competition, fewer unknowns in their business and that they have decided to opt into these high dividend strategies, ... There is less chance that management will use cash for a significant acquisition or invest in things that are away from the core business.

It's good to get back on track. Especially against what I think is always a tough team.

It's good to get back on track. Especially against what I think is always a tough team.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the read more

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

Anything that happens is a jolt.

Anything that happens is a jolt.

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.