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

Lee Iacocca

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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
Businessman
Businessperson
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
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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 less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
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Mistakes are a part of life you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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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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If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller.
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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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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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
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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 was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.
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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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The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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