Top 17 David Packard Quotes
#1. You appear to have a good project ... we wish you well in this endeavor.
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#2. Profit is not the proper end and aim of management - it is what makes all of the proper ends and aims possible
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#3. The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.
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#4. I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
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#5. He said that more businesses die from indigestion than starvation. I have observed the truth of that advice many times since then.
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#7. The betterment of society is not a job to be left to a few. It's a responsibility to be shared by all.
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#8. Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.
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#9. A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings.
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#11. More organizations die of indigestion than starvation
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#12. The most important question we have to deal with is a combination of population control and the control of our environment - how to utilize the world in as effective a way as we can for the future of mankind.
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#13. Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.
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#14. Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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#15. A company has a responsibility beyond making a profit for stockholders; it has a responsibility to recognize the dignity of its employees as human beings, to the well-being of its customers, and to the community at large.
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#16. Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.
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#17. I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.
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