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✵ 17. február 1874 – 19. jún 1956
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“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.”

Actually a remark by Nicholas Murray Butler.
Quoted by Watson in comments about "Think" and attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler - IBM Archives: Comments on "THINK" - Transcript https://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/multimedia/think_trans.html
Misattributed
Zdroj: American Dental Association (1959) The Journal of the American Dental Association. Vol 59. p. 289.

“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than excellent work.”

Attributed to Watson in: William G. Dickerson (1995) In search of the ultimate practice. p. 19.

“A man is known by the company he keeps. A company is known by the men it keeps.”

Zdroj: Garg, Anu, A Word A Day, Wordsmith, 2016.02.17

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”

Often dated to 1943. Thorough research of Watson's writings and statements have produced no example of him saying this. It appears to be a corruption of a remark by Howard Aiken that four or five computers could meet all of the United Kingdom's computing needs. See Ralph Keyes (2006), The Quote Verifier.
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“If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.”

Attributed to Watson in: Roger von Oech (1982), A Whack on the Side of the Head and Industrial participation (1987) Nr 594-603. p. 262.