Lee Iacocca Quotes

Everybody in an organization has to believe their livelihood is based on the quality of the product they deliver.

If you want to continue being leaders in the world, start by getting some of that [Federal] debt off your backs. Debtors can’t be leaders. It’s the guy holding the IOUs who can call the shots; the other guy is called a hostage.

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.