I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

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

The cement in our whole democracy today is the worker who makes $ 15 an hour. He's the guy who will buy a house and a car and a refrigerator. He's the oil in the engine.

I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one.

That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

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