Steve Ballmer Quotes

Businesses and users are going to use technology only if they can trust it.

I am so disappointed in Apple. I don't even use an iPhone anymore. Their marketing sucks. It's embarrassing. It's just garbage.

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

It is unnatural for companies to sit down in front of their competitors and share the information about their vulnerabilities.

As a former U.S. attorney, I would only align myself with a first-class organization. World Patent Marketing goes beyond making statements about doing business 'ethically' and translates them into action.

I don't need Michelin, and they don't need me.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

People trust I know what I'm doing. I have lots of credibility. I've had years of learning. I know and understand my business.

I'm quite certain the Windows 8 team is preparing to market IE 10 - and by extension, Windows 8 - as the safe, privacy-enhancing choice, capitalizing on Google's many government woes and consumers' overall unease with the search giant's power.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

In my lifetime, as a younger man, you were assumed to be an honest person. Your word was your bond, and a handshake was as good as a contract in business.

I believe so much in these products, and it's really satisfying when you believe in something.

I do not believe that the government is in any position to say exactly how every single business and every single activity shall reach those performances.

The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.

I'm confident that we have measures in place. And the additional measures that we announced yesterday will be even more protective of our food supply in this country.

Trust is everything. If I didn't have trust, there would be no downloads, no show, and no business.

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

23andme is very independent and committed to focusing on transparency.

Every day the choristers of the social web chirp their advice about openness and trust; craigslist follows none of it, and every day it grows.

I have invested at least 20 years in business and my own reputation. I'm excited to come into public service, because I think I have something to offer and to contribute. In no way will I put myself in a position of undoing what's taken 20 years to build.