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.

Mary Barra

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

Samuel Johnson
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
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