Lee Iacocca Quotes

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

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• The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Heart
  • Think
  • Me

• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Black
  • Dad
  • Amazing

• Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • World
  • War
  • America

• I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Want
  • Learned
  • Lesson

• I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.

  

  Jack O'Connell
  • Good
  • Art
  • Preparation

• I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Parents
  • Play
  • Player

• I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.

  

  Nate Silver
  • New
  • New York
  • Week

• Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

  

  Imre Lakatos
  • Positive
  • Research
  • Negative

• I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Patriotic
  • Hindu
  • Nationalist

• I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Music
  • New
  • Update

• You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

  

  Faye Dunaway
  • You
  • Tired
  • Athlete

• It's weird how people were always asking us, 'Are you real? Are you joking?' That seems like something Americans care about a lot. You can't answer the question 'Are you real?' If we're anything, we're documentary fiction.

  

  Yolandi Visser
  • People
  • Real
  • Question

• I take my work seriously.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Work
  • Take
  • Seriously

• I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • People
  • Done
  • Happy

• These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Power
  • Equality

• I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Women
  • Humor

• I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Life
  • Good
  • Great

• I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • Time
  • Mom
  • Right

• Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

  

  Alan Ladd
  • Up
  • Time
  • Pretty

• Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story, like I do in life, just talking to myself and making fun of stuff and laughing at stuff that's serious. And sometimes it's a good idea to put the laughing into the songs. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's all right just to be serious. But most of the songs have some kind of joke in them.

  

  Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
  • Story
  • Songs
  • Stuff

• I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Country
  • House
  • Church

• My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Mind
  • Brain
  • Opportunities

• I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off. I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted. You get bummed out, and then you go, 'Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself.' That kind of helps.

  

  Alden Ehrenreich
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Present

• A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • People
  • Work
  • Fail