William Clay Ford, Jr. Quotes
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I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine.
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I was an absolutely untalented designer.
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I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation.
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Whenever I'm at a party, people are always telling me either to get a new quarterback or make the Taurus back seat bigger.
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I have no patience for wasting time.
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Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish.
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I used to wonder if running a large industrial company would really square with my values.
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Lewis Booth and Derrick Kuzak represent the very best of Ford and our culture and built a legacy of leadership, integrity and commitment to excellence that will benefit us for years to come.
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All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.
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Ford comes first before everything else I do in my life.
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Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies.
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As the technology is developed, autonomous driving could provide driving opportunities for the physically challenged or enable the elderly to continue driving longer. This will be vital as many nations experience an aging population.
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It's hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn't work very well on passenger cars.
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I don't care where you are in the world, people are aware of what technology is available to others. If you're in Nairobi, you're certainly aware of the iPhone.
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You can take weight out of a car and truck and still make it very strong. William
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The climate is changing, and anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial.
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What cooler way to grow up for an American boy than to be around cars and football?
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In the time of the robber barons, my great grandfather insisted on reinvesting and sharing profits with workers... He was told he was a socialist, that he was not welcome on Wall Street.
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There is a great demand everywhere in the world for individual mobility. People like the fact they are not on somebody else's schedule. They can come and go as they please.
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The Ford family wants the company to succeed. Period.
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When Henry Ford founded the company bearing his name in 1903, he saw the car as a means of providing freedom of mobility to people around the world.
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I don't want anybody, whether it's my grandchildren or any of our employees' grandchildren, to have to apologise for working for Ford Motor Company. In fact, I want the opposite. I want them to look and say, 'What a difference we made!'
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My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.
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As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.