Deng Xiaoping Quotes

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

Support what works and stop supporting what does not work.

I'm serviceable. I'm durable. I get the job done.

If you are good enough, you should play.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works.

I learned in America that Americans are into results. Americans don't care where you came from, what your family did, what school you graduated from. They care about if you can deliver the results. That's what makes America the country it is.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

I am not ideologically opposed to anything unless it doesn't work.

It's one thing to talk about lack of diversity and lack of representation. But that doesn't matter if you're not good at what you're supposed to be doing.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

People care about performance and results above all else.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.

If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter.

People are far more interested in what works than what's true.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.

Caring is irrelevant. Desire to do good is irrelevant. All that counts is knowledge and results

Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.

Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Sometimes technique works better than a whole lot of other things.

Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.