Thomas John Watson Frases famosas
“Acho que há lugar no mundo para, no máximo, cinco computadores.”
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers
Thomas John Watson, atribuída como datada de 1943, conforme mencionado in: Bulletin of Magnetic Resonance: The Quarterly Journal of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance, Volume 16 - página 185, International Society of Magnetic Resonance, Franklin Institute Press, 1994
Thomas John Watson: Frases em inglês
Actually a remark by Nicholas Murray Butler.
Quoted by Watson in comments about "Think" and attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler - IBM Archives: Comments on "THINK" - Transcript https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/think_trans.html
Misattributed
Fonte: American Dental Association (1959) The Journal of the American Dental Association. Vol 59. p. 289.
Attributed to Watson in: Georg Blair, Sandy Meadows (1996) A Real-Life Guide to Organizational Change. p. 117.
Attributed to Watson in: William G. Dickerson (1995) In search of the ultimate practice. p. 19.
Watson (1939) in: American druggist Vol 100. p. 40.
“A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps.”
Fonte: Garg, Anu, A Word A Day, Wordsmith, 2016.02.17
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
Often dated to 1943. Thorough research of Watson's writings and statements have produced no example of him saying this. It appears to be a corruption of a remark by Howard Aiken that four or five computers could meet all of the United Kingdom's computing needs. See Ralph Keyes (2006), The Quote Verifier.
Misattributed
“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.”
Attributed to Watson in: Roger von Oech (1982), A Whack on the Side of the Head and Industrial participation (1987) Nr 594-603. p. 262.