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

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.

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

Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?

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.

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

Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it's gonna break. You got your biggest, fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It's got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going to go out. Or go to a yacht basin any place in the world. Nobody is smiling, and I'll tell you why. Something broke that morning. The generator's out; the microwave oven doesn't work . . . Things just don't mean happiness.