Thomas Watson, Jr.
Thomas Watson, Jr.
Thomas John Watson Jr.was an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. He was the 2nd president of IBM, the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. He received many honors during his lifetime, including being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Watson was called "the greatest capitalist in history" and one of "100 most influential people of the 20th century"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth14 January 1914
CountryUnited States of America
The web of influence which News Corporation spun in Britain, which effectively bent politicians, police and many others in public life to its will, amounted to a shadow state.
It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.
I've been a minister and I know how cautious you have to be.
The serendipitous nature of hypertext links is just brilliant for a curious mind. I love it.
The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.
I've got to be careful what I say but Glenn Mulcaire was a blagger and a phone hacker.
If you over-react to a crisis legislatively it generally ends in disaster.
The future regulatory arrangements for the newspaper industry need to be done in a much calmer deliberative way, in slower time when we've got beyond this media firestorm.
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
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.
The worst possible thing ... was to lie dead in the water with any problem. Solve it, solve it quickly ... If you solved it wrong, it would come back and slap you in the face, and then you could solve it right.
None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.