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.
If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I’d Say Decisiveness.
MBAs know everything but understand nothing.
The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments.
Thanks to properly selecting the clients you will not be unnecessarily wasting time.
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.
It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.
They’ve got about as many lawyers as we have sumo-wrestlers.
I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait.
If you own up to your mistakes, you don’t suffer as much. But that’s a tough lesson to learn.
Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn’t sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.
Here’s what we should be doing. We’ve got to get off fossil fuels.
I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It’s the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
I guess I invented extended warranties, because that’s all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days.
Here’s what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.
People want economy, and they’ll pay any price to get it.
You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you.
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.
In business, I loved cars. I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.