Steven Pearlstein famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No outsourcing the "soul" of the company - let's all agree to that. But most companies are more body than soul.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Soul #Outsourcing #Agree
I think we should be clear: Companies will still need software that furthers their corporate goals and even gives them competitive advantage. That would be purchased and developed, if necessary, in house, or on a proprietary basis. But it needs to run on the company's computer system eventually, and its perfectly possible that system/network can be "rented out" from a utility.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Running #Thinking #Giving
If what you paid for an engine that could go 120 is significantly higher than the cost of an engine that would get you to 90, then you are "wasting" capacity. Its probably not a big deal in the case of your car. But it may be a big deal to a company when it comes to its computer system's capacity.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Car #Computer
It is possible in theory and I think true in practice that centralization could have been the optimal solution at the beginning of the computer era and now, but not in between. And it may change back again with some other technological development. Some things move in a straight line. Others move like a pendulum.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Moving #Thinking #Computer
Obviously, you can't operate a system at 100 percent capacity. You need room for growth. And because there are peak times, you need surge capacity. But it is easier to reduce and manage excess capacity in larger units than smaller, especially when you have a diversity of users who have different peak periods and different growth rates. That's why the utility model is intriguing.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Diversity #Growth #Different
I think I hear the voice of an environmentalist. Why stop with Alaska, however. Why don't we depopulate Montana, Idaho, Washington, Colorado the California and turn them back into pristine land masses as well. You can't have enough pristine land masses - that's my view.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Thinking #Enough #Environmentalist
I love these appeals to the "complexity of doing business in Alaska." If you want to live in remote villages or places with hostile weather and environment, that's certainly your right. But why is it you please continue to expect that the rest of us are responsible for making that economically feasible. You already get a big boost from oil and other natural resources. If that's not enough to pay for the infrastructure you say you need, maybe you should consider moving down here. No passport or work visa is required.
-- Steven Pearlstein

#Moving #Environment #Enough

The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was the love. I saw it. The fierceness in his eyes. I believed it. I could see it clearly. But it was too late now. The love wasn't enough. Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.
The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.
And just remember, every dollar we spend on outsourcing is spent on U.S. goods or invested back in the U.S. market. That's accounting.
I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist.
I agree that all good photographs are documents, but I also know that all documents are certainly not good photographs. Furthermore, a good photographer does not merely document, he probes the subject, he â€˜uncoversâ€™ it â€¦
When all the experts and forecasts agree, something else is going to happen

Steven Pearlstein famous quotes

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