Lou Gerstner Quotes

"You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it."
-Lou Gerstner

"[He said a Wall Street Journal article in April 1999 that questioned his military and educational background had nothing to do with his leaving. IBM executives] never brought it up, ... last week's fish wrapper."
-Lou Gerstner

"That's where the semiconductor industry is moving today, ... It really is becoming a very different industry than just a few years ago."
-Lou Gerstner

"Y2K continued to hurt us, but that's over now, ... We're putting it behind us and we are getting our businesses back on track."
-Lou Gerstner

"Over the past 12 month we have made a series of strategic decisions that have affected short term revenue, but will yield and are already yielding a more profitable portfolio."
-Lou Gerstner

"Chapter One (of the Internet) was about e-commerce and e-business. Chapter Two moves us to 'Do it for me'."
-Lou Gerstner