Lee Iacocca Quotes
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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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He was eccentric. He was no prince in his social attitudes and his politics. But Henry Ford's mark in history is almost unbelievable.
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I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days.
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There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.
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It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again. [...] Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.
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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
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Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
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People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.
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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
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I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.
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One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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We believe the combination of these two companies will produce very powerful synergies and puts us on a solid platform from which we should be able to realize our full growth potential.
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I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.
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Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
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If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
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The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
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The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments
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Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.
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If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.
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If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.