Quotes from David Packard

You shouldn't gloat about anything you've done; you ought to keep going and find something better to do.

A group of people get together and exist as an institution we call a company so they are able to accomplish something collectively that they could not accomplish separately – they make a contribution to society, a phrase which sounds trite but is fundamental.

He said that more businesses die from indigestion than starvation. I have observed the truth of that advice many times since then.

A company has a responsibility beyond making a profit for stockholders; it has a responsibility to recognize the dignity of its employees as human beings, to the well-being of its customers, and to the community at large.

Il marketing è troppo importante per essere lasciato al dipartimento marketing.

stockholders;

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

The greatest success goes to the person who is not afraid to fail in front of even the largest audience.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.