You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.

When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: "Leave slide rules here." If I didn't do that, I'd find someone reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, "Boss, you can't do it."

A research problem is not solved by apparatus; it is solved in a man's head.

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

I often say that research is a way of finding out what you are going to do when you can't keep on doing what you are doing now.