When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Harold S Geneen, (Jun 11 1910-1997), US businessman; He was CEO of ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph), 1959-77.