[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before.

The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her.

The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.

Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants.

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.