Mike Markkula Quotes

Never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last. ~ Mike Markkula

In order to do a good job of those things that we decide to do, we must eliminate all of the unimportant opportunities. ~ Mike Markkula

Lasting companies know how to reinvent themselves. Hewlett-Packard had done that repeatedly; it started as an instrument company, then became a calculator company, then a computer company. Apple has been sidelined by Microsoft in the PC business. You've got to reinvent the company to do some other thing, like other consumer products or devices. You've got to be like a butterfly and have a metamorphosis. ~ Walter Isaacson

I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings. ~ Mike Vallely

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on. ~ Mike Krzyzewski

He imagined himself as a sprinter now, felt his arms and legs pumping, thought of the old Cuban sprinter his father used to tell him about.
Juan something?
No, no.
Juantarena.
Alberto Juantarena.
His father said it was like watching a god run. And his father, the old fool, wasn't even Cuban, he was Dominican. The only Dominican who wanted to talk about track stars instead of baseball. ~ Mike Lupica

And looking at the landslides, you saw how Gore beat Bush so substantially in California. ~ Mike Curb

What we look for when we need to find someone who can fit in with our music, the vocals and the harmonies and the way they blend are very important to us because if you listen to Beach Boys music, the harmonies, not only are the notes being sung, but there's a blend to it. The voices have to blend. ~ Mike Love

We caught seventy-five frogs that night! We left our ice chest in the truck, so I was putting frogs in my socks and the pockets of my pants and shirt.
When we couldn't carry any more frogs, we made our way back to my truck. As soon as we arrived, police cars came from every direction. A homeowner in the neighborhood must have seen my truck and feared we were burglars. As the police questioned us, they must have thought Mike was drunk, because he couldn't stop laughing. They kept asking me what we'd been drinking and smoking and where it was. When a policeman shined a light on my shirt, I figured out what Mike was giggling about. I forgot I'd stuffed a frog into the front pocket of my shirt and buttoned it. Its legs were sticking out of my pocket and it looked like it was wearing a diaper! The police let us go but warned us to never sneak back onto the golf course because it was trespassing. We probably went back three or four times by a different route and never were caught. ~ Jase Robertson

Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications. ~ Mike Rogers

Man is not meant to be humble, he's meant to be humbled. ~ Mike Tyson

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that. ~ Jonny Wilkinson

I think that, that it would be hard for New Hampshire to vote for somebody who was a fundamentalist minister, affable as he is. He does seem to actually want to write, for example, a prohibition against abortion into the Constitution , which Ronald Reagan, for all his talking about it, never tried to do one time. ~ Mike Huckabee

I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York - lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc. ~ Mark Skousen

We writers have this saying 'Kill your darlings' ... but I suppose you family men don't agree with it. ~ Mike Pohjola

I have come to call this shadow government the Deep State...a hybrid association of key elements of government and parts of top-level finance and industry that is effectively able to govern the United States with only limited reference to the consent of the governed as normally expressed through elections ~ Mike Lofgren

Word is actually very busy and strikes me as poorly designed. It's cluttered. There are four different rows, each filled with icons and butters I never use. This reminds me why I dislike Word. I almost always type in WordPress as it's much less cluttered. I'm on an airplane without WiFi. ~ Mike Cernovich

My writing process is very feedback-based. When I do stand-up, I listen to the audience. I try to understand what's connecting, what's not connecting, and then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite. ~ Mike Birbiglia

I love Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. ~ Mike Birbiglia

Invite them all in. Nip out the back door. Phone the police and tell them your house is being burgled. ~ Mike Harding

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. ~ Mike Krzyzewski

I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I'm trying to make something that helps make me happy. ~ Mike Mills

I don't want my kids to be like me, I don't want my daughter to date a guy like me. You know, for a guy like me success is to take care of my children to take care of their life and make 'em cushioned. I don't want them to be around people like me. You know, success for me would be that they never have the opportunity of being in the presence of someone like me. ~ Mike Tyson

Money is merely a reward for solving problems. ~ Mike Murdock

I'm gonna have to develop myself. I'm just going to do the best that I can do. ~ Mike Epps

I'm walking out my door to get like a Snapple, and someone's like 'yo man, you want to buy some heroin?' 'No ... got any Snapple?' ~ Mike Birbiglia

Is Kanban, in the words of the manifesto, a way of developing software? No. We ~ Mike Burrows

Anyone can use these sites - companies and colleges, teachers and students, young and old all make use of networking sites to connect with people electronically to share pictures, information, course work, and common interests. ~ Mike Fitzpatrick

I've found, being in Los Angeles, it's like living in a live-action Planet Hollywood. ~ Mike Birbiglia

Jesus wants us to love Him in a way that gives Him full leadership over our lives. ~ Mike Bickle

Being a champion opens lots of doors - I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance. ~ Mike Tyson

Mike Keenan has been responsible for creating a lot of good things for coaches, like mid-season job openings. ~ Marc Crawford

Yeah, I cut class ... I got a D.
Cause History meant nothing to me
Except a definite nap.
That's why I always sat in the back. ~ Mike G

I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd always valued the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta as the ultimate in skateboarding. ~ Mike Vallely

I think the team will think this was an O.K. year. Some guys had career years, but the reality is that we didn't get it done at the end of the day. ~ Mike Young

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special. ~ Mike Tyson

When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!. ~ Jennifer Aniston

I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling stories. And that, I mean, that show is a little bit of a fortress. It's really hard to get stuff on that show. ~ Mike Birbiglia

Bruce chooses the dead bodies he finds very carefully. They never have young kids. ~ Mike Bove

I could dodge the kick, but the stable door was already down - and I hadn't even realised it until I saw the splinters. ~ Mike Carey

We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse. ~ Mike Pompeo

You have to be delusional to be a comedian. ~ Mike Birbiglia