Thomas Watson Jr. Quotes

1914–1993 United States

Thomas Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, political figure, philanthropist and the 2nd president of IBM (1952–1971).

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Also known as: Thomas Watson, Jr.

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Machines might give us more time to think but will never do our thinking for us.

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

Here's a reminder on accepting Christmas gifts from vendors: don't.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

Jr. cited in: Joseph Mancuso (1975)

Thinking things through is hard work and it sometimes seems safer to follow the crowd. That blind adherence to such group thinking is, in the long run, far more dangerous than independently thinking things through

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