Howard Stringer Quotes

I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?

I love playing football. I love being happy. I love playing games. I think that's going to be the ultimate deciding factor in where I go.

None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.

You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, but you want to get rid of the bathwater so the baby can swim the next couple of days and be OK.

There was a little bit of hesitancy about staying in Pittsburgh and not moving away for college, but that didn't last long. It was right in line with what I wanted, so I auditioned there and it wasn't a tough decision.

Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.

I know when things are good or bad.

Not to decide is to decide. Letting something go until it 'decides itself' is Life by Default. You don't want to live that way. So choose. Choose right now. Stop worrying about what you can 'lose' or how you can 'win' and just follow your joy. Where does your joy say you should go?

If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.

The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.

Scoring comes from being able to preserve what you've got and play your smart shots when you need to play them and not do stupid things and take advantage of things when have you them.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

Shakespeare is one of the reasons I've stayed an actor. Sometimes I spend full days doing Shakespeare by myself, just for the joy of reading it, saying those words... I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.

I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.

I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.

Money is very difficult to think about. So, we think about money as the opportunity cost of money. So, we at some point went to a Toyota dealership and we asked people, what will you not be able to do in the future if you bought this Toyota? Now, you would expect people to have an answer. But people were kind of shocked by the question. They never thought about it before. So, the most we got was people said, "Well, if I can't buy this Toyota, if I buy this Toyota, I can't buy a Honda." What is this thing? What is this value of price? Very hard to think about it.

I feel good about the decisions that I made and I'm happy. You know, I'm really happy.

He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know.

Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my foot Than save my Boot -- For yet to buy another Pair is possible, At any store -- But Bliss, is sold just once. The Patent lost None buy it any more --

We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.

Whether you respond to life or react to life determines how far you're gonna go in life.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth