Mary Barra Quotes

Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns for our shareholders.

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• Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • Remember
  • Feeling
  • Myself

• What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.

  

  Dan Maffei
  • Good
  • Look
  • Priority

• Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Knowledge
  • Know
  • Information

• Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • World
  • Science
  • Powerful

• Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Never
  • Effort
  • Moral

• Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • God
  • You
  • White

• Could I interrupt here, because there is an alternative explanation, which you are particularly well placed to examine. You know the argument that it is the alchemists in the laboratories who invent the sweet new kits.

  

  E. P. Thompson
  • Know
  • Sweet
  • Argument

• As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.

  

  Tate Taylor
  • Life
  • Different
  • Writing

• I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Great
  • Sun
  • Makeup

• I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • American
  • Body
  • New York

• Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • World
  • Energy
  • Positive

• In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • World
  • Power
  • Debt

• But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • Writing
  • Culture
  • Food

• By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Excellence
  • Contemplation

• The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Power
  • Focus
  • Serious

• This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.

  

  Ed Helms
  • May
  • Job
  • Nature

• My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

  

  Kate Moss
  • Up
  • World
  • She

• Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Politics
  • Exist
  • Well

• Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Great
  • Humanity
  • Blessed

• I read about this hotel that was great, down in the south of the island, not in a touristy area. I had no particular desire ever to go to Jamaica, but I thought, what the hell? Sounds nice. Let's go!

  

  Jeremy Northam
  • Great
  • Nice
  • Desire

• 'Attaboys' help people. I am huge on attaboy. Confidence is the great ingredient to living and art, with fidelity to self. It's so important to surround yourself with people who give you confidence.

  

  Jeffrey Tambor
  • People
  • Great
  • Important

• Why are some people like Chuck Schumer, who`s probably going to be leader of the Senate, why is he switching from a big city financial center pro-trader to being an anti-trader? Is that because of upstate New York? What`s going on? I can`t figure this out.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • People
  • Why
  • City

• Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • People
  • Up
  • Risk

• Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns for our shareholders.

  

  Mary Barra
  • Great
  • Driving