Ross Perot Quotations

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

Revitalizing General Motors is like teaching an elephant to tap dance. You find the sensitive spot and start poking.

We have to succeed, so we will.

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

You don't have to be the biggest to beat the biggest.

There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.

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.

[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.

Business is a cobweb of human relationships

Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.