“If all the facts could be known, idiots could make the decisions.”
― Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
― Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
“It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong. —Carveth Read If all the facts could be known, idiots could make the decisions. —Tex Thornton, cofounder of Litton Industries, quoted in the Los Angeles Times in the mid-1960s.
This is my favorite of all managerial quotes.”
― Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
This is my favorite of all managerial quotes.”
― Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
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