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.

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

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

Styling cars sells cars and safety does not.

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

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

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.