All Lee Iacocca Quotes
- I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. Canned
- The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. Die
- Chrysler builds great cars. Builds
- I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. All
- It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans. Chrysler
- There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. Accurate
- I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make.… Adviser
- 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… Best
- 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… Always Found
- If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. Guy
- In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. Ceo
- The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. Ability
- 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… Always Reach
- I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea… Achievement
- Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything. All
- 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. Badly
- The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter. Ability
- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something… Along
- In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure. Failure
- We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no… Bran