The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

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?

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

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

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.