I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.

Retire? I will never retire.

Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.

We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs.

I see Intershop as a leader in the E-commerce digital economy and believe the company has truly long-term potential.

The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.

I am a very thorough person.

I think the PC will continue to be around for a long, long time to come. We see a new range of products evolving around the PC, but it's not going away.

Ah brother, things will be better now. I promise.” Ronan... "Vital Perception

That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.

My view is that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. That's the position I've had for some time, and I don't intend to make any adjustments at this point... Or ever, by the way.

Almost anything is easier to get into than to get out of.

A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.

Chase after the truth like all hell.

Whether it is suffering or joy, going through experiences in life is not so much of a karma. Depriving yourself of any experience is the big karma.

I've described my usual writing process as scrambling from peak to peak on inspiration through foggy valleys of despised logic. Inspiration is better when you can get it.

Ne te quaesiveris extra." (Do not seek for things outside of yourself)

He looks like a man who has spent most of his life frowning.