Ross Perot
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot, known as Ross Perot, is an American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the Reform party presidential candidate in 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systemsin 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 June 1930
CityTexarkana, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
Written reports stifle creativity.
If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There's a lot they didn't know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they'd draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won't hack it.
Anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment by moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for. Well placed priorities always sit on the edge.
Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong....
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
It is the individual's ability to deal with the unexpected that characterizes the difference between success and failure.
Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.