MOSTLY, I HIRE WAITER-ACTOR-WEBMASTERS

“I was never an actor or a director or a singer — I had to understand the process well enough to help make decisions.”

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, on shifting from dealing with movie producers to dealing with Web producers, The New York Times, 29 January 2006

DON’T BE WEASELS

“We actually did an evil scale and decided not to serve at all was worse evil.”

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, on kowtowing to Chinese censors, Computerworld, 27 January 2006

IT’S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD

“Our core businesses are electronics, games and entertainment, but the focus is going to be on profitability and strategic growth.”

Sony spokesbot Kirstie Pfeifer, on putting the Aibo robot to sleep, News.com, 26 January 2006