Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.

I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.

There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.

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

I've got to get stop getting fired like this. People will start to think I'm a drifter.

In the old days, if a neighbors apples fell into your yard, you worked it out over the back fence or picked them up and made pies. Today, you sue.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.