I look at the car park and myself and Dave Watson come in with our old cars, and these young lads come in with their new Porches. I think that society has changed, there seems to be a lack of respect nowadays.
I look at the car park and myself and Dave Watson come in with our old cars, and these young lads come in with their new Porches. I think that society has changed, there seems to be a lack of respect nowadays.
'I don't admit that a fresh illustration is an explanation,' said I with some asperity. 'Bravo, Watson A very dignified and logical remonstrance.' Dr. Watson, speaking with Sherlock Holmes.
It cant be done, engineers might tell him. It has to be done, Watson would order, and often it could be. With this approach Watson brought out the best in his menin his engineers, for example. He believed that engineering, like salesmanship, depended not only on laws but on will. For him the first principle of science, as well as the first principle of the world of men, was enthusiasm. Build it, he would order his engineers arbitrarily. And when they did, the machine often seemed to be a triumph of Dale Carnegie over Newton.
He told me that Francis Crick and Jim Watson had solved the structure of DNA, so we decided to go across to Cambridge to see it. This was in April of 1953.
If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.
It is said by the rebels at Roxbury that Col. Watson has given his quota to support the people.
'... the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime.' 'The dog did nothing in the nighttime.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
It was so much fun playing simple American bluegrass. I got to meet Doc Watson.
'Excellent' I Watson cried. 'Elementary.' said he Holmes. Watson talking to Sherlock Holmes in The Crooked Man.
My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University.
Like all Holmes' reasoning, the thing seemed simplicity itself when it was once explained. Dr. Watson, speaking of Sherlock Holmes.
Excellent he (Dr. Watson) cried. Elementary, said he (Holmes).
Membership in the IBM family exacted certain standards of conduct. The reputation of the company was in the hands of everyone who worked for it, Watson insisted. Therefore, his employees were warned against doing anything, even in their private lives, which would be to the discredit of the organization.
'I can see nothing,' said I, handing it back to my friend. 'On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences.'
I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.
Come, Watson, come The game is afoot.
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