Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.

What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most. ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less.

There are a lot of idiot fund managers out there who add no value to the process at all.

If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.

Life is hard, money doesn't care, your tears don’t add value

If I were the president of the United States, I would make unions illegal. They no longer serve a functional purpose in democracy, in my view.