All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom.

We bury the men who do the nation's creative work under layers of administrators and mountains of memoranda. We shrivel creativity by endless frustrations.

I have a son. I love my son. I want everything that I do to be so safe that I would be happy to have my son operating it. That's my fundamental rule.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done

When doing a job — any job — one must feel that he owns it, and act as though he will remain in that job forever.

The man in charge must concern himself with details. If he does not consider them important, neither will his subordinates.