"The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark."

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."

"A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)"

"Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money."

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."

"People of medicore ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."

"I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act. "

"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."