“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”

Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.

Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.

We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.

Never break another man’s rice bowl.

The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.

If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.

The public does not know what is possible. We do.

The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.

Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.

From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.

Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.

People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.

To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

I never discuss discussions.

Whenever Obama uses subtleties in discussing a complex issue, he gets creamed.

The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation – a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion – that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change.

If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

I don’t compete with other discus throwers. I compete with my own history.

If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that’s good or bad for the game.

The news movement conservatives that are just laying out, slathering out the disinformation and the lies, as I discuss in my book, ‘Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.’

And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.