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

The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed.

I was born rich. Not in tangible things... but rich in the parents I had.

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.

The American dream. Those three short, simple words encompass the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples on earth. The words are not only short and simple. They are also fragile.

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

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