Born on April 3rd
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Quotes by Authors Born Today (342)
"As a team, we have a lot of work ahead of us in FY16 and beyond, but I am confident that, working together, we will make Microsoft a leader in the mobile-first, cloud-first world."
— B. Kevin Turner"When I talk about that Apple ecosystem, the ability to get one application to run across those five platforms is very difficult. In the future of Microsoft, using HTML5, IE9 and 10, the scalable OS, the ability to do that gets much, much easier."
— B. Kevin Turner"I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to."
— B. Kevin Turner"The reality is the world's shifted; the world's evolved. We now measure ourself by total device space. We have a much bigger opportunity than we've ever had in the past to grow our business, but we have to rethink how we look at our business."
— B. Kevin Turner"Citadel is a global technology leader, recognized for its work to level the playing field for investors and make markets more fair, transparent and efficient. I look forward to leading this exemplary team as we grow this global business."
— B. Kevin Turner"If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it."
— B. Kevin Turner"It's so exciting to be able to talk about Office 365. I can only describe what Office 365 is in sort of two words. You could say technically it's three words. But Office 365, ladies and gentlemen, is nothing but a Google butt-kicker, that's all it is."
— B. Kevin Turner"To align with our new strategy to enhance the Windows device ecosystem, we are integrating Microsoft Mobile Device Sales (MMDS) underneath the Consumer Channels Group (CCG)."
— B. Kevin Turner"Going forward, we will focus on building the very best Windows phones on a quicker timeline. We will also focus on the channels and markets that offer the best returns. This is a similar approach to the one we have taken with Surface, which has been very successful."
— B. Kevin Turner"Phones remain a critical component of the Microsoft device portfolio and an important piece of our mobility strategy, but a restructuring is in order."
— B. Kevin Turner"Apple makes great hardware. The reality is, in the OS, we see things differently."
— B. Kevin Turner"We believe that Apple has it wrong: they've talked about it being the post-PC era, they talk about the tablet and PC being different; the reality in our world is that we think that's completely incorrect."
— B. Kevin Turner"We actually believe Windows 8 is the new era for the PC plus. We believe with a single push of a button you can move seamlessly in and out of both worlds. We believe you can have touch, a pen, a mouse, and a keyboard."
— B. Kevin Turner"For commercial customers, we have invested in specialist mobile-first sales capabilities, and we are building out our device-selling channel."
— B. Kevin Turner"We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone."
— B. Kevin Turner"The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice."
— Eddie Murphy"I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."
— Eddie Murphy"If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being."
— Eddie Murphy"I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in."
— Eddie Murphy"I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day."
— Eddie Murphy"If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow."
— Eddie Murphy"Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to."
— Eddie Murphy"After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good."
— Eddie Murphy"You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there."
— Eddie Murphy"I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now."
— Eddie Murphy"The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish."
— Eddie Murphy"If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it."
— Eddie Murphy"'Nutty Professor' was me going, 'Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you can't, and nobody else in the town can do this.'"
— Eddie Murphy"I love the Beatles."
— Eddie Murphy"I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it."
— Eddie Murphy