To make HP a great company once again, we need more than competitive costs and operational efficiency. We're in the process of assessing and refining our growth strategy, and the same concepts that were behind our operational changes will be at work here: simplicity, focus, alignment, and execution.

The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a moment in the sunlight, then dive back in a graceful arc. There is no need to engage in a mental dialogue about the merits and demerits of the fish, emotionally react to the fish, or jump into the water to try to catch the fish. Once the fish is out of sight, it should also be out of mind.

I heard that [Clarkson] said some petty things about someone I care deeply about, so I just made some petty remarks 'cause I'm a petty guy.

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.