All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.

On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I "step aside" as CEO of GM, and so I have.

Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system.

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.

Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street.

We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly.

A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain.

Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.

The thing about rabbits, sir, is that everybody has one. I'd like to see you step up to the goat-class where I feel you belong. Frankly you look more like a goat man to me.

There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can't define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

I've been a very lucky actor.

I never get far from Well Being.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.