I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do.
It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.
I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
If I see what you're up to on Facebook but I don't see your updates on Flickr, I'll still care about Facebook.
I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.
I think you have a danger of regulating, putting regulations in place which will mean there will be no press in 10 years to regulate.
Journalists should think of themselves as outside the Establishment, and owners can't be too worried about what they're told at their country clubs.
The reality is that I surround myself with very smart, very strong people - including my ex-wives.
You can be a control freak only when you have weak people around you.
We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly.
Honestly, I can't tell you what I what I would be doing if I wasn't chairman of GM, because this is all I've done.
And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and knew what they meant when they made that distinction.
It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system.
People look at me as spiritual... but I am also very logical, very business-minded. The two come together.
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.
When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.
We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart's desire their technological capacity.
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.
