Lee Iacocca Quotes
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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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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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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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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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Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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Styling cars sells cars and safety does not.
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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.
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If it hadn't been for Henry Ford's drive to create a mass market for cars, America wouldn't have a middle class today,
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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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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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
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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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Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.
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People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.
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I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
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What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
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I learned that monthly payments are the cornerstone of everything in the automobile business.
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The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.
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There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
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In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.
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You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
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From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.