[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.

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

We must return immigration to a logical, orderly process where people fill out their applications and wait for approval. We must make sure illegal immigrants stop storming our borders. We must establiesh the correct criteria, such as our need for certain job skills or education, for granting the right to immigrate into the United States.