When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation...they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.

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.

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

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.

From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

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