Managers have very tough jobs. I always respected their job but demanded respect in return.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

Here at this site Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set then there'd be peace.

Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.

I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me as he had done before an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes which is nepotism the old-boy network.

First and last what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

Just because you are CEO don't think you have landed. You must continually increase your learning the way you think and the way you approach the organization. I've never forgotten that.