Thomas J. Watson

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

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These are some quotes by American author Thomas J. Watson Businessman, who lived between February 17, 1874 and June 19, 1956.

Quotes by Thomas J. Watson

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

Thomas J. Watson

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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

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Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

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The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

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If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.'

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