David Packard Quotes

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David Packard

Profession : Businessman

Birth : September 7, 1912

Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.

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Bill Hewlett and I were brought up in the Depression. We weren't interested in the idea of making any money. Our idea was if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.

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I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.

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The most important question we have to deal with is a combination of population control and the control of our environment - how to utilize the world in as effective a way as we can for the future of mankind.

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You appear to have a good project... we wish you well in this endeavor.

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Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not a cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.

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I have observed that money left without special guidance is sometimes used well and sometimes not.

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A company has a greater responsibility than making money for its stockholders. We have a responsibility to our employees to recognize their dignity as human beings.

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