Talk:Lee Iacocca

The quote about using concentrating and time wisely is from "Iacocca: An Autobiography". See http://www.buckleyourshoe.com/sclub/polish/lee.html - Terry

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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.


 * Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late


 * If you can find a better car, buy it.


 * Management is nothing more than motivating other people.


 * People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.


 * So many men claim to be the father of the Mustang that I'd hate be seen in public with its mother.


 * The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.


 * The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do -- they always reach.


 * We have one and only one ambition. To be the best.  What else is there.


 * We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?


 * Setbacks are a natural part of life, and you've got to be careful of how you respond with them.


 * You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas will not get you anywhere.


 * In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.