Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

A little righteous anger really brings out the best in the American personality. Our nation was born when 56 patriots got mad enough to sign the Declaration of Independence. We put a man on the moon because Sputnik made us mad at being number two in space. Getting mad in a constructive way is good for the soul- and the country.

Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?

I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days.

I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait.