The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
One of the things the government can’t do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
I’m sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that were true, I could never have been successful in this business.
I don’t need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one.
I’ve got to get stop getting fired like this. People will start to think I’m a drifter.
There’s a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.
You can’t have a country or a city or a state that’s worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life.
Greenmail, in case you’re wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he’ll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
In the old days, if a neighbors apples fell into your yard, you worked it out over the back fence or picked them up and made pies. Today, you sue.
If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you’ll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.
That’s the American way. If little kids don’t aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
I’d really love to meet the guy I’m supposed to be. I’d hire him in a second.
A good deal is a state of mind.
Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they’re able to work hard and make it on their own.
Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.