"A company's success no longer depends primarily on its ability to raise investment capital. Success depends on the ability of its people to learn together and produce new ideas."

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Source : "Arie de Geus: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with S+B, www.strategy-business.com. April 1, 2001.

Arie de Geus

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Together Quotes

“The only thing that makes one place more attractive to me than another is the quantity of heart I find in it.”
“Nowadays, when a speaker tells the graduates that the future is theirs--is that a promise or a threat?”
“I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.”
“I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents.”

Source : "Book World Live: Kid's Books". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2005.
“Based on information from the Pentagon and estimates by analysts such as former Reagan Pentagon official Lawrence Korb, the costs of restoring destroyed and damaged Army and Marine Corps equipment is now estimated to be close to $30 billion, and it will grow by an additional $14 billion for every additional year we stay in Iraq. Even if these funds were available tomorrow, it would take years to restore the forces to the state they were in at the outset of the conflict.”
“The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I just know that I like the way he put it on and I like his airs and forms.”
“Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you do that through your own thinking.”
“As long as we're in a democracy, I have to give what I think the majority of people will enjoy.”

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