Richard LeVine Quotations

Mobility is something your workers do to you. They will be mobile whether you want them to or not... Why fight it?

We told him we would take it under advisement.

He had an appeal process open to him, the arbitrator heard his case and made a decision. It's as simple as that.

I think we've had a remarkable improvement in the engagement of the University of the city, ... I think we've made major strides in the development of downtown and substantial impact on the creation of the industrial city.

We have some very substantial gifts, ... They'll be announced in due course.

We've made no commitments at this point, but we've certainly considered the possibility of growing, ... We'll make those decisions not based on national trends, but what looks right for Yale.

You don't raise your children by yelling at them constantly. You explain to them, If you use this device in a compromised way, you may sink the firm and lose your job and your retirement.

Yale?s capacity to fulfill its ambitious mission has been greatly enhanced by their superb stewardship of the endowment,

The outstanding performance by the Investments Office in the past year has matched a record of achievement over time that has earned (Chief Investment Officer) David Swensen and his colleagues the highest possible praise and admiration from their peers,

We should recognize that we're seeing a generational evolution in work style. Instead of trying to stop it, we need to look for ways to work with them more securely. Ultimately, IT is a service function for the staff. They're giving IT direction in the way they want to work. They're actually out there trying to do more work for the firm.

You have to have a feel for what's really going to work in the long run, what the issues are that may seem controversial in the short run, ... If you're pretty confident that you've thought it through, you'll go ahead. But if there's a lot of controversy and you actually listen to the opposition, sometimes you decide they're right.

Of course we're willing to listen to concerns that will be raised,

Families have been finding it more attractive in many cases to look towards state universities, others schools that are lower cost. And we've decided to respond to that need by protecting their savings and home equity to a greater extent than before.

Tell them that when someone leaves a PDA in a cab, the company might go out of business. Look, Dude, we might go out of business because the company has to admit that it lost customer data or corporate lists.

President Tilghman has handled a very difficult situation in an exemplary manner,

Your movies entertain, engage and enlighten, ... For your artistry and imagination, we honor you with this degree of doctor of humane letters.

You need to manage these devices. If you allow ad hoc employee device usage, it will put you in legal hot water.

They changed the world... It changed the way we work. In 1996, I went to work in Silicon Valley and a friend came in for a job interview. I said, 'What is that cool thing you have?' He said, 'Oh, it's a Pilot.' I went right out and got one... It was revolutionary.

Human behaviors are a huge impact on security. The people who are mobile are the people who shouldn't be mobile. Does anyone tell the CEO he can't take the laptop with him because it has the firm's information on it? This is the person with the critical information and he's the one on the road.

All I can say is we're taking the suggestion under advisement.