What I believe is that, by proper effort, we make the future almost anything we want to make it.

I often say that research is a way of finding out what you are going to do when you can't keep on doing what you are doing now.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

I've never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: "Leave slide rules here." If I didn't do that, I'd find someone reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, "Boss, you can't do it."

If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because they know right away that it was a fool thing to try in the first place.

One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for.