I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.

If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent.

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.