“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.

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.

There’s nothing an artist needs more – even more than excellent tools and stamina – than a deadline.

But fortunately there are also really excellent human beings all over the place, too. So it’s about perception and balance sometimes I think.

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.

That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!

An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn’t awful.

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.

In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.

Great empires are not maintained by timidity.