People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments

I'm sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that were true, I could never have been successful in this business.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.