Stemberg Quotes & Sayings

"Nags" nag because they feel they aren't being heard. — Amy Dickinson

Technology is important to Art because it connects creativity with innovation and the spirit of inventiveness. Whether we are using technology to create our art, or to share our art, it challenges artists to explore new realms of aesthetic experience and cultural relevance. But, on the other hand, Art is important to Technology for the most important reason of all. Art gives Technology its humanity. And our humanity is the driving force behind every new technology we design and every product we manufacture. We are all makers. Without creativity, we don't make anything. If we don't make anything, we don't progress. — Kim Chestney

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new. — Michael Eisner

Some of the best opportunities in the world are the most obvious ones. — Thomas G. Stemberg

At the Harvard Business School, I really felt I had gained the ability to resolve difficult issues. But I also felt that I wasn't in the mainstream with my fellow students. During job-hunting season, for example, everybody shaved their beards for interviews. I thought, 'This is crazy.' So I grew a beard. — Thomas G. Stemberg

They've got a Jobs Council that never meets. A Democratic Senate that doesn't act. A President who doesn't believe and a Vice President who won't stop talking. They just don't get it. — Thomas G. Stemberg

When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens. — Thomas G. Stemberg

Typically you see the home office think up some great program but doesn't think through implementation at the store level. — Thomas G. Stemberg

I'm sure that being an applicant from the American School in Vienna helped get me into all seven colleges I applied to. — Thomas G. Stemberg

If a customer walks out without shoes, you really want to find out why. 'It didn't fit' is not good enough. — Thomas G. Stemberg

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money. — Thomas G. Stemberg

It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun. — S.A. Tawks

Our "in tune with my feelings" era believes that to be true to myself, to be authentic, means I need to act on my feelings. But the opposite is true. In fact, true authenticity means I maintain a trust through thick and thin. — Paul E. Miller

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity. — Thomas G. Stemberg

Forget 'branding' and 'positioning.' Once you understand customer behavior, everything else falls into place. — Thomas G. Stemberg

The way to really create justice for workers in America is to create job growth. — Thomas G. Stemberg

One of the people who most influenced me was Ben Shapiro, a marketing professor at the business school. He used to rant and rave and pound his fist: 'It's all about the customers!' And he was right. He was also right that, at that time, retailing was devoid of really talented people; he urged me to go in that direction. — Thomas G. Stemberg

Dig your nails deep enough into the back of a Soviet, and eventually you'll find a Russian. — Magnus Flyte

After 25 years in business, Mitt Romney understands how jobs come and go, and what we need to do to get our economy back on track. — Thomas G. Stemberg

I'm a worrier by nature. My husband says that if I'm not worried about something, I'm worried about what I've forgotten to be worried about. — Dana Perino

The fact that you and I are acquaintances only interested and amused the ghosts further. Gossip bunch, really. — August Westman