Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

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

[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.

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.

In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.