If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

In the end an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

When I arrived at IBM, there were 'Team' signs all around. I asked, 'How do people get paid?' They told me, 'We pay people based on individual performance.

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

We built this company from the customer back, not from the company out.

Everything starts with the customer.

Participate in your own dreams, don’t just say what you want or complain about what you don’t have.

Dreams come true when you live life awake.

Nature neither gives nor expects mercy.

Perseverance is one key. And do what you like.

To be quite honest my country [Colombia] still shows that it can be intolerant.

Do your best and then relax.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.

Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.

Basically, we all just had to live in the Trump reality television show, and now we're kind of stuck there for at least four years. Maybe eight.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.