Quotes of the Month – July, 2009

“Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.”
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher

“If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I’d say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.”
Lee Iacocca (1924 – ), former CEO of Chrysler Corporation

“Most business problems are ‘shades of grey.’ Black and white solutions are neither apt nor valuable.”
Alan Weiss, consultant, speaker and author

“Don’t flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war.”
Sun Tzu (604BC – 531BC), The Art of War

“79 percent of respondents say they are going to do cloud computing. 100 percent say they are not sure what it is. Huh?”
Daryl Plummer, Gartner