Michael Dell Quotes

“Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.”

“Sometimes it's better not to ask-or to listen-when tell you something can't be done. I didn't ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it.”

“If you want to sustain excellence over a long time, you'd better come up with a system that works well. Anyone can sprint for a little while, but you can't sprint for forty years.”

“Regrets are born of paths never taken.”

“You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.”

“There is no better catalyst to success than curiosity.”

“The point is, you can't keep doing the same thing and expect it to keep working.”

“Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room.”

“There's always an opportunity to make a difference.”

“Collaboration equals innovation.”

“Anything that can be measured can be improved.”

“Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.”

“You can't be afraid to fail because that's when you learn.”

“I believe that you have to understand the economics of a business before you have a strategy, and you have to understand your strategy before you have a structure. If you get these in the wrong order, you will probably fail.”

“The direct model has been a revolution, but it is not a religion.”

“Dell's transformation is well under way, but we recognize it will still take more time, investment and patience. I believe that we are better served with partners who will provide long-term support to help Dell innovate and accelerate the company's transformation strategy.”

“If you want to really make it big, you better come up with something unique. It better be differentiated — that nobody else is doing.”

“If you go and ask people if it's a good idea, most of them will tell you no. So don't go ask.”

“Every seven or eight months, the amount of data in the world doubles, and that number's probably shrinking. We store and protect and manage more data than any company in the world.”

“We didn't make up this game, but you happen to need a lot of our stuff to make it work. We are the biggest and best in the world at doing this. This is kind of our job.”

“How do we use AI responsibly — make sure our models are trained to understand our ethics, our laws, morals, humanity? How do we democratize this power and use it to democratize health care?”