W. Edwards Deming Quotes

Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.

It's not wise to limit firms' expansion projects. Let us only be limited by the market.

Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

Growing Ineos has been a lot of fun.

Businesses will ultimately go where the markets and opportunities are.

Successful strategic vision lay in the fact that we visualized the retail business to be much bigger, ahead of what others thought it to be.

I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.

I know how to make stuff happen, how to create wealth, create jobs, create investment.

Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

I get a bit of a kick out of exporting private enterprise and incentives.

As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors.

Making new products is an easy tap for a company in a recession.

Volkswagen must continue to attack and make good use of its opportunities.

To be successful in business, you have to be ruthless.

New products, new markets, new investors, and new ways of doing things are the lifeblood of growth. And while each innovation carries potential risk, businesses that don't innovate will eventually diminish.

In 2001, I did some research and identified four characteristics that successful companies share. One, they aspire to be leaders in their businesses. Two, they have global potential. Three, they are innovative. Four, they display a ruthless focus on financial returns.

We're a company that's gone through many cycles and evolutions, and every time we have a major success, we double down and use the money from that to fund our initiatives and so forth.

I love Gateway, and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure the company can grow and prosper in this challenging environment.

An adaptable company is one that captures more than its fair share of new opportunities. It's always redefining its 'core business' in ways that open up new avenues for growth.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.