There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
- Ross Perot
Worth Living, Living, Read, Worthy
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
- Ross Perot
Living, Read, Author, Worthy
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
- Ross Perot
Committee, See, Appoint, Snake
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.
- Ross Perot
Public, Controlled, Budget
If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?
- Ross Perot
I Am, Will, Someone, Barn
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.
- Ross Perot
Better, Brains, Cut, Article
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.
- Ross Perot
War, Politics, No Rules, Mud
Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time.
- Ross Perot
Find, Flock, Them, Eagles
Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.
- Ross Perot
Business, Talking, Many, Customers
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
- Ross Perot
Doing, Providing, Having, Customers
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
- Ross Perot
Size, Something, Would, Such A Thing
Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.
- Ross Perot
Organization, Like, Chart, Cobweb
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
- Ross Perot
Nation, Sign, Leads, Currency
Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
- Ross Perot
Like, Failures, Superficial, Painful
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
- Ross Perot
Want, Which, Would, Candidates
Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.
- Ross Perot
New, Will, Employers, Entrepreneurial
Written reports stifle creativity.
- Ross Perot
Creativity, Reports, Written, Stifle
Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.
- Ross Perot
Mistakes, Want, Going, Punishing
In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'
- Ross Perot
Texas, Talk, Right Thing, Plain
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
- Ross Perot
Politics, Dirty, Activist, River
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
- Ross Perot
Success, Give, Yard, Minute
If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.
- Ross Perot
Country, Going, Limited, Trip
You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest.
- Ross Perot
You, Biggest, Beat
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
- Ross Perot
People, Must, Led
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