I learned that monthly payments are the cornerstone of everything in the automobile business.

MBAs know everything but understand nothing.

In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back in three years. We couldn't stand the government. The bureaucracy kills you.

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.