Attributed

Lee Iacocca; Born 1924

• "Management is nothing more than motivating other people."
• "If you can find a better car, buy it."
• "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."
• "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."
• "People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it."
• "The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything."
• "We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
• "You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas will not get you anywhere."