“One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.”

In the past, (GM) produced a lot of very excellent vehicles but somehow they didn’t excite anybody.

We weren’t trying to walk him; he just wouldn’t swing at any bad pitches.

You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we’re looking at a particular segment, but because it’s a great vehicle.

Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It’s what we’ve caught at the end of the year, and we’ve got to try to make the best of it.

Design can be both a manifestation of a company’s design ethic and an outward communication of a company’s design ethic and drive for excellence.

People under 75 need more seasoning

Being able to ‘think out of the box’ presupposes you were able to think in it.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.

As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.

I don’t profess to be a political rapper, like groups such as ‘Dead Prez’ or ‘Public Enemy’, but I think social commentary should make its way into your music. Speaking on your neighbourhood is social commentary – what happens, what’s going on.

You can’t allow the forces of political correction to shut you up. I mean, why are people afraid to say, ‘Merry Christmas?’ Give me a break. If people don’t like it, yeah, they can go do something else.

History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.

Whatever your years, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life.