“IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales...” — Ginni Rometty Quote

“IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.”

“When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.”

“Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it.”

“I was a very shy girl who led an insulated life; it was only when I came to Oxford, and to Harvard before that, that suddenly I saw the power of people. I didn't know such a power existed, I saw people criticising their own president; you couldn't do that in Pakistan - you'd be thrown in prison.”

“Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most.”

“Trip-hop? That's never existed and they say I invented it. Trip-hop is just hip-hop with a girl singing on top.”