In seeking to serve social needs because it makes good business sense to do so, a corporation is doing what it knows how to do best.

The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.

Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.

Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to survive and grow.

We have a tremendous investment in facilities for (internal combustion engines, transmissions, and axles) and I can't see throwing them away just because the electric car doesn't emit fumes.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

A generation ago there were a thousand men to every opportunity, while today there are a thousand opportunities to every man.

Obsolescence is the very hallmark of progress.

Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and make our plans with confidence.

Only a happy mind will see the beauty of a beautiful view! For the sad mind everywhere looks gloomy!

... to pause is to win & to rest can actually be part of the victory.

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.

Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.

Everybody knows that orthopaedic science provides beautiful false noses for those who have lost their noses naturally or as the result of an operation.

Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame.

Monogamy is like a 40-watt bulb. It works, but its not enough.

It's been difficult to find roles that are independent, strong, and self-assured; I always say I can't play the princess. I'm not a pretty princess! I'm a tomboy.

All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree.

Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.