Xerox Quotes

• Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Gutenberg, Machines, Made

  Quoted in Wash. Post, 15 May 1977

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• Xerox is really good at managing documents, and we're definitely good at managing through a process.

  Ursula Burns

  Process, Documents

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• Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.

  Andrew Young

  Diplomats, Diplomacy, Copiers

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• The universe is just a big Xerox machine. It simply produces copies of your thoughts.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Law Of Attraction, Machines, Bigs

  Neale Donald Walsch (2005). “The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.154, Penguin

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• Sustainable development is a proven catalyst for Xerox innovation.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Innovation, Development, Catalyst

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• I Xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra Xerox machine.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Mirrors

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• When Steve Jobs toured Xerox PARC and saw computers running the first operating system that used Windows and a mouse, he assumed he was looking at a new way to work a personal computer. He brought the concept back to Cupertino and created the Mac, then Bill Gates followed suit, and the rest is history.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Running, Jobs, Bills

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• Entire families work for Xerox.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

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• Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. It's change you can Xerox.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Speech, Passages

  "The CNN Democratic presidential debate in Texas". edition.cnn.com. February 21, 2008.

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• All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.

  Vera Wang

  Years, Firsts, Vogue

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• I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.

  Ursula Burns

  Believe, Black And White, Thinking

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• A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

  Antonin Scalia

  Purpose, Machines, Basements

  "'Get over it': Justice Scalia's most memorable quotes" by Bill Mears, www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2016.

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• I worked for Xerox for 4 years and after that I knew I was never going to be a corporate person. It wasn't my environment.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Years, Environment, Persons

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• It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Copying, Machines, Comedy

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• I'm telling you that at eight she knew more about reproduction than Xerox.

  Joan Rivers

  Funny, Sex, Humorous

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• When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Years, People, Bankers

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• Crankiness is a human attribute that when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.

  Ursula Burns

  Doors, People, Way

  "Beyond the copy: Xerox CEO keeps focus on the business process". "Conversations from the Corner Office" with Kai Ryssdal, www.marketplace.org. May 18, 2011.

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• My father works for Xerox and fixes those gigantic copy machines that are about 10 feet wide.

  Michael Cera

  Father, Feet, Machines

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• My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

  Robert Metcalfe

  Successful, Feet, Entrepreneur

  "The Visionary Thing". www.wired.com. November 01, 1999.

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• This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

  Ursula Burns

  Office, Waiting, Siege

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• If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Country, Determination, Children

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• By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Strong, Commitment, Differences

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• I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround plan at the scale we need to tackle global poverty.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Needs, Poverty, Partnership

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• If you cannot sell, you cannot be an entrepreneur. If you cannot sell, you cannot raise money. if the thought of sales terrifies you, get a job at a dept. store and start there. Or get a job with a company like Xerox that requires that you go around to businesses and knock on doors. As your courage increases, you may want to try a company in network marketing or direct sales that is willing to train you.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Jobs, Doors, Entrepreneur

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• I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!

  Ronnie Dunn

  Legacy, Know How, Knows

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