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.

This planet is our home. If we destroy the planet, we've destroyed our home, so it is fundamentally important.

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

We have to succeed, so we will.

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.

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.

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.