Roger Martin Quotations

There is no question there is a lot of watt-power there.

We have previously stated a preference for the field to be connected by pipeline to an LNG plant in Darwin and that is still Woodside's position, but it is not something that has been settled.

There are way too many things to consider on this.

We won't be taking any charter buses on Super Bowl Sunday. We'll limit the number of buses on Friday and Saturday, but the rest of the week will be business as usual.

We were born in France. It's our heritage. We want to democratize the French restaurant and people have come. It's not stuffy or stodgy.

Luigi's chose to go ahead and do this on its own. I think it's incumbent upon those of us who don't smoke to support businesses that have gone smoke-free, whether they think they have to or they volunteered.

I finish it in the pan and flame it in cognac table side and serve.

The All-Star Game was good for business. We believe the Super Bowl will be great.

Wherever there is a live-entertainment district, I don't care what urban setting you are talking about, there are going to be homeless people.

We will do everything in our power to make sure that transition is a comfortable one.

When we looked at the best way to do this -- the hotel and garage -- this plan is best.

When we stepped back and looked at what was best from a marketing perspective and guest service, the plan we have is the best. They will be able to access the new hotel, the garage and the casino floor much better on this plan.

The federal government has been spending much more of this 'found' (surplus) money in transfers to the provinces and other expenditures that consume current prosperity rather than investing in future prosperity or reducing taxes and debt.

The lion's share of a casino's revenues comes from slot play. We're happy for Detroit because it clearly shined in the national spotlight. Overall, business was good, but not great.

I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as felicitous, that idea which I hope to be able to examine more closely in the light of day.

I love that Toronto is demonstrating that a big, highly diverse, multicultural city can actually work and work well, if its residents have the attitude of Torontonians.

The two most fundamental strategic choices are deciding where to play and how to win.

When it comes to innovation, business has much to learn from design. The philosophy in design shops is, 'try it, prototype it, and improve it'.

The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate a creative resolution of the tension in the form of a new idea that contains elements of the opposing ideas but is superior to each.

Business people don't need to understand designers better. They need to be designers.

You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to eliminate risk but to increase the odds of success.

Design isn't just about making things beautiful; it's also about making things work beautifully.