Ross Perot is a business person and also politician from the USA. Perot is best recognized for his two runs for the presidency of the United States as an independent candidate in 1992 as well as 1996.
Perot made his lot of money as the founder and CEO of Electronic Data Systems (EDS), a leading company of computer system services. He was known for his business spirit and also his innovative approach to business, as well as he was highly effective in the area of modern technology.
In 1992, Perot competed head of state as an independent candidate, and also he obtained virtually 19% of the preferred vote, the highest possible percentage of the ballot received by an independent candidate in the 20th century. He ran once again in 1996, yet obtained a smaller percentage of the vote. Regardless of his failing to win the presidency, Perot was widely credited with altering the political landscape and also raising vital problems, such as the deficit spending and also government waste.
After his political career, Perot remained to be active in various service ventures as well as philanthropic reasons, and also he stayed a highly valued and also prominent number in American national politics. He passed away on July 9, 2019, but his heritage survives through his work as well as the organizations he assisted to develop.
Our collection contains 23 quotes who is written / told by Ross, under the main topics: Success - Politics.
"Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time"
"The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river"
"If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes"
"Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes"
"Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article"
"Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial"
"Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read"
"A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation"
"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown"
"Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality"
"Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart"
"Inventories can be managed, but people must be led"
"In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'"
"You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest"
"Written reports stifle creativity"
"Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?"
"War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules"
"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled"
"If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out"
"If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one"
"If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?"
"Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers"
"Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships"
