Our system here of creating value for others and having people do the right thing, exchange information, and so on only works if people have the right values.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite.

In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer has a complimentary business or capability that would enable them to do more with that business. Many businesses we have exited were not failures, but had simply reached a point in their life cycle where they no longer provided a core capability or served as a platform for growth.

If Hillary Clinton had policies that would more likely make people's lives better than Republicans, I'd be for Hillary. I'm for whoever will do that. I couldn't care less.

We are on dangerous terrain when government picks winners and losers in the economy by subsidizing favored products and industries.

We find that when we make an acquisition, or we have a hiring experience, that's one of the hardest things to change. If you've been working for a company where you didn't dare challenge your boss, or what's politically correct in the company, then it affects your career.