“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.

The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.

That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.

I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.

Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people’s minds, in people’s heads.

Political development should start at the grassroots.

We all suffered from the same political rejection, and from poverty. When you’re starving with eleven other people in the same room, you become connected to them forever. We were all hungry at the same time.

I hate to express political ideas directly in a book. I don’t want my books to be seen as an expression of this or that political idea. At the same time I want to show a kind of rebellion and transgression, something further.