You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.