Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.

The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.

The largest 100 corporations hold 25 percent of the worldwide productive assets, which in turn control 75 percent of international trade and 98 percent of all foreign direct investment.The multinational corporation...puts the economic decision beyond the effective reach of the political process and its decision-makers, national governments.

There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well.

Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.