I honestly believe I'd make one of the worst elected officials in the history of this country.

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.

I love this country, I love the principles on which it's founded.

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

Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.

[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.