Words matter. These are the best Kenneth Frazier Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think words have consequences, and I think actions have consequences.
I fell in love with the science at Merck.
My legacy is that Merck continues to do what Merck has always done, which is to make singular impact on human health and animal health around the world. It’s that simple.
Your job as a trial attorney is to try to convey to the jury the essence of the people you represent.
I’m a big believer in institutions.
I support tax revenue increases, including the top 2 percent, but only if accompanied by responsible spending limits. The key is balance.
I do worry that as we try to fix this long-term debt and deficit situation that we don’t destroy the market incentives for biomedical research. What I fear is the government using its considerable clout to say, ‘Here’s the price we’re setting for your medicines.’
The business of biomedical research is mostly about failure. Few projects we commission will ultimately result in success. But every study we do contributes to the body of knowledge that brings science and society closer to a solution.
I am a person who does not subscribe to the hero-CEO school of thought.
We value R&D as a company. It’s who we are.
I don’t believe it’s appropriate for me or any other CEO to wade into every political dispute. That’s not what we’re here for.
My father, to me, was 10 feet tall.
In my house, education was the paramount value. And if you grew up in a neighborhood like mine, you were forced to decide early on what you stood for in life, because there were a lot of peer pressures that could take you the wrong way.
America’s leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry, and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal.
Institutions are what allow us to have continuity in civilizations.
While a fundamental responsibility of business leaders is to create value for shareholders, I think businesses also exist to deliver value to society.
I had a fantastic upbringing by two parents who cared deeply about their children but, more importantly, believed that anything was possible for their children and, in some ways, almost brainwashed us to be successful.
Affordability is critical so that patients have access to medicines. At the same time, it’s also important that we have the kind of incentives that allow us to do the kinds of studies that we need to do to go after these diseases like Alzheimer’s.
I think if you look at Merck’s history, I think Merck has a reputation for having been a reasonable company when it comes to pricing, sort of a leader in that respect.
My grandfather on my paternal side, Richard Frazier, was born in the late 1850s and, therefore, was born into slavery but was a sharecropper in South Carolina for his entire life.
If I had not been coached well about how to deal with a culture and a set of values that were foreign to my own, I would not have been able to be successful.
I’m the last senior executive who was hired by Roy Vagelos. It’s an honor, but it also imposes upon me an obligation not only to think about his legacy but also about this company’s legacy.
Competition in our health system is a powerful force of cost-containment.
In a successful health system, the proportion of per-capita health dollars used for home care, outpatient primary care, and preventive services should actually increase, not decrease, relative to those for acute hospital care.
I would like people to say that Merck continues to be a company that makes a difference in the world.
