Proverb Origin: If You Don’t Know Where You Are Going, Any Road Will Take You There

Lewis Carroll? Cheshire Cat? Caterpillar? Harry S. Albert? R. Elizabeth Jones? Manmatha Nath Chatterjee? Henry Miller? Theodore Levitt? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Choosing goals in life is difficult but essential. The following absurdist proverb is pertinent: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there. This statement has been credited …

Quote Origin: No One Wants a Drill. What They Want Is the Hole

Clayton M. Christensen? Theodore Levitt? L. E. ‘Doc’ Hobbs? Percy H. Whiting? Leo McGivena? Robert G. Seymour? Zig Ziglar? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Companies sell products to solve the problems that their customers encounter. An emphasis on existing products and incremental changes causes an organization to ignore or misunderstand customer motivations. Here is one …