Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?

You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you.

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.