Lee Iacocca

"I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it."

"We were on a joyride, on free energy almost. It seems to me we need something like the Manhattan Project. We need some urgency saying, "Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuel…"

"We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid…"

"It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again. Let's face it, …"

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

"I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team."

"If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent."