Ross Perot
The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.Collection: People
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.Collection: Cutting
Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.Collection: Change
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success.Collection: Inspirational
I love this country, I love the principles on which it's founded.Collection: Country
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA to build one.Collection: Airplane
The first EDSer to see a snake kills it. At GM, first thing you do is organize a committee on snakes. Then you bring in a consultant who knows a lot about snakes. Third thing you do is talk about it for a year.Collection: Years
Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient.Collection: Beautiful
We have to succeed, so we will.Collection: Success
If we decide to take this level of business creating ability nationwide, we'll all be plucking chickens for a living.Collection: Business
Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.Collection: Funny
Business is a cobweb of human relationshipsCollection: Cobwebs
[In Moscow] we got through to [Soviet leaders] Brezhnev and Kosygin on the telephone. I think it was because nobody had ever tried to call them at home before.Collection: Funny
Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.Collection: School