"We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government."

"When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father, or like me?"

"Not a single time have we gotten a right from Congress or from the President. We get them from God."

"By the time I was 30, nobody would work with me. I was friendless, I was hopeless, I was suicidal, lost my family - I mean, it was bad. Bottomed out, didn't know what I was going to do. I actually thought I was going to be a chef - go to work in a kitchen someplace."

"The Cuban people still live in constant fear of a brutal totalitarian regime that has demonstrated time and again its utter disregard for basic human dignity. The fight for a free Cuba has gone on for far too long."

"The essence of creativity is the belief that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time."