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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. — Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca, who said to Dolly Parton, Why do you need an airbag? Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. — Lee Iacocca

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

To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. — Lee Iacocca

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn. — Lee Iacocca

People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it. — Lee Iacocca

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. — Lee Iacocca

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. — Lee Iacocca

I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. — Lee Iacocca

I've got to get stop getting fired like this. People will start to think I'm a drifter. — Lee Iacocca

That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country? — Lee Iacocca

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. — Lee Iacocca

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

Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels. — Lee Iacocca

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it. — Lee Iacocca

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. — Lee Iacocca

There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple. — Lee Iacocca

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. — Lee Iacocca

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

It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans. — Lee Iacocca

When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation ... they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages. — Lee Iacocca

I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait. — Lee Iacocca

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. — Lee Iacocca

Thanks to properly selecting the clients you will not be unnecessarily wasting time. — Lee Iacocca

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut. — Lee Iacocca

I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. — Lee Iacocca

If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller. — Lee Iacocca

As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca. — Tom Peters

It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself. — Lee Iacocca

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership. — Lee Iacocca

I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second. — Lee Iacocca

You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you. — Lee Iacocca

Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities — Lee Iacocca

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. — Lee Iacocca

Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out. — Lee Iacocca

Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did. — Lee Iacocca

The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments — Lee Iacocca

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things. — Lee Iacocca

I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one. — Lee Iacocca

Sometimes you just don't like somebody — Henry Ford

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. — Lee Iacocca

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life. — Lee Iacocca

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. — Lee Iacocca

Are we going to be a services power? The double-cheeseburger-hold-the-mayo kings of the world? — Lee Iacocca