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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#attempt #deal #his #little #much

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. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#atomic #atomic bomb #back #bomb #decision

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#charlie #dealers #first #ford #guy

Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#good #good manager #makes #manager #one word

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

— Lee Iacocca

#chrysler #days #extended #guess #had

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 for the whole country. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#chrysler #country #good #good idea #guess

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#death #exactly #follow #god #i

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#borrowing #ceases #debt #founded #free

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#best #better #decade #get #gets