Most new jobs won’t come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We’ve got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.
I honestly believe I’d make one of the worst elected officials in the history of this country.
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules – politics has no rules.
Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they’re going to make mistakes.
It is the individual’s ability to deal with the unexpected that characterizes the difference between success and failure.
My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl.
If you see a snake, just kill it – don’t appoint a committee on snakes.
Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.
Anything that is excellent or praiseworthy stands moment by moment on the cutting edge and must be constantly fought for. Well placed priorities always sit on the edge.
Written reports stifle creativity.
If you can’t stand a little sacrifice and you can’t stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we’re never going to straighten this country out.
Don’t run your life by what’s legal or illegal. Run your life based on what’s right or wrong...
Which one of the three candidates would you want your daughter to marry?
In plain Texas talk, it’s ‘do the right thing’
Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You’d be amazed how many companies don’t listen to their customers.
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.
Modern politics has become little more than shirking responsibility and blaming somebody else.
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.
Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient.