osborne Quotes

“Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.”

“I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.”

“If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.”

“People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.”

“The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.”

“The guy who knows about computers is the last person you want to have creating documentation for people who don't understand computers.”

“I don't want to stay underground for just the cool people.”

“Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.”

“I had the closest thing I have ever had to an out-of-body experience lying in bed one morning. I turned on the 'Today' programme and item four on the news was: 'The shadow chancellor has ruled himself out of the leadership.' I lay there thinking that's interesting, then I realised it was me.”

“There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.”