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" The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. "

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" 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. "

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" We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back. "

" My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. "

" 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. "

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" In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. "

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" The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. "

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" 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. "

" No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? "

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

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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. "

" I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. "

" 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. "

" The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. "

" In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. "