The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

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

If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

MBAs know everything but understand nothing.

Are we going to be a services power? The double-cheeseburger-hold-the-mayo kings of the world?

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life.