The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

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'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.

No matter how I'm doing financially, the Depression has never disappeared from my consciousness. To this day, I hate waste. When neckties went from narrow to wide, I kept all my old ones until the style went back to narrow.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.

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