Perot Quotes

If we can't have a great team and a winning team, then I will not be an N.B.A. owner very long. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

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

The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points. ~ John Sununu

We have to succeed, so we will. ~ Ross Perot

Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart. ~ Ross Perot

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. ~ James Stockdale

The real estate business was something Dad and I could do together. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

Dad endorsed my learning to fly so he would have a live-in pilot, one he could get in touch with at any time. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

It wasn't really part of the program in the Perot family. Rebellion was not an option. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

We must return immigration to a logical, orderly process where people fill out their applications and wait for approval. We must make sure illegal immigrants stop storming our borders. We must establiesh the correct criteria, such as our need for certain job skills or education, for granting the right to immigrate into the United States. ~ Ross Perot

It takes five years to design a new car in this country. Heck, we won World War II in four years. ~ Ross Perot

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong ... ~ Ross Perot

Big is not beautiful. Big is inefficient. ~ Ross Perot

AllianceTexas is a cash machine for our public partners. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it cries as one, is a great roar. ~ Ross Perot

For our teams that do great work, we have a tradition of giving Rolex watches. If you see all the key guys with their Rolexes, that's sort of our Medal of Honor if you do something big. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

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. ~ Ross Perot

If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes. ~ Ross Perot

So many people spend their lives chasing money and end up as the richest men in the cemetery. I don't want to be like that. ~ Ross Perot

The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her. ~ Ross Perot

I honestly believe I'd make one of the worst elected officials in the history of this country. ~ Ross Perot

You make more making computer chips than potato chips. ~ Ross Perot

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out. ~ Ross Perot

You're a trivial part in a trivia game.
Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign?
Like Ross Perot? He lost it though ...
But he got a billion in tha bank fo' sho'! ~ Aceyalone

Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants. ~ Ross Perot

What I like about land is I can drive out and check on it. It doesn't go anywhere. It's hard to steal land. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

[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. ~ Ross Perot

Never ask anyone to do what you haven't done before and wouldn't do again. That's a pretty fundamental rule in leadership ... treat them like you treat yourself. Things you don't like, they don't like. ~ Ross Perot

ROSS PEROT was the best thing that happened in American politics since Richard Nixon acquired a taste for gin. In both cases, the political dialogue of the day was enriched by spontaneous gibberish that entertained the wrong people and made the right ones question their faith. ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Eagles don't flock, you have to find them one at a time. ~ Ross Perot

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. ~ Ross Perot

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

would announce that NeXT was bringing the world a breakthrough. But the customers didn't follow and NeXT wasn't close to making a profit, which companies must do to thrive and grow. At a board meeting in spring 1991, company officials delivered more bad news about poor results. Investor Ross Perot interrupted the presentation with a blunt assessment: "So what you're telling me is the cockpit's on fire and the plane's in a tailspin. ~ Karen Blumenthal

Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There's a lot they didn't know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they'd draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won't hack it. ~ Ross Perot

The only hard-and-fast rules a Perot must operate under are getting a sound education; being honest and ethical in our business dealings; treating the people who work for us with respect and dignity; and, finally, a Perot cannot be afraid to take risks when appropriate. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

If we really want to know who is responsible for the mess we're in, all we have to do is look in the mirror. You and I own this country, and we are responsible for what happens to it. ~ Ross Perot

I believe that voices like Ross Perot (search), Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance. ~ Kinky Friedman

Every time there's a dip in the market, we buy. If you don't buy the land right, it ain't going to work. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

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

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

Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article. ~ Ross Perot

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he ran on, the budget deficit, was in and out of the race a couple of times, and still got 20 million votes, didn't have the Internet. ~ Hamilton Jordan

I love this country, I love the principles on which it's founded. ~ Ross Perot

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one. ~ Ross Perot

Inventories can be managed, but people must be led. ~ Ross Perot

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him. ~ Rich Little

If Ross Perot runs, that's good for us. If he doesn't run, it's good for us. ~ Dan Quayle

I remember seeing Amy Sedaris in a stint where she played somebody's alcoholic mother in one scene and in the next she was Ross Perot. I remember thinking she was so awesome. ~ Stephnie Weir

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious. ~ Ross Perot

I put it in the back of my mind that someday I would fly around the world. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. ~ Ross Perot

I got to see the American Dream unfold in my living room. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots. ~ James Stockdale

The American dream. Those three short, simple words encompass the hopes and aspirations of all the peoples on earth. The words are not only short and simple. They are also fragile. ~ Ross Perot

Ross Perot came and visited Apple several times and visited the Macintosh factory. Ross was a systems thinker. ~ John Sculley

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. ~ Ross Perot

I used to collect computer punch cards from the data centers. ~ Ross Perot, Jr.

When building a team, I always search first for people who love to win. If I can't find any of those, I look for people who hate to lose. ~ Ross Perot

Kat picked up a folder labeled Senior. "What are these? Bank records?" She did a double take, looking at Hale. "Did your dad really pay two million dollars to the campaign to elect Ross Perot?"
"I ... " Hale said, stumbling for words and thumbing through another file. "Wow. I guess my cousin Charlotte isn't really my cousin."
"Don't worry," Kat said. "It looks like there might be a kid in Queens who is. ~ Ally Carter