William S. Knudsen Quotes

United States, Businessman
March 25, 1879 – April, 27, 1948.

William Signius Knudsen was a leading automotive industry executive and an American general during World War II. His experience and success as a key senior manager in the operations sides of Ford Motor Company and later General Motors led the Franklin Roosevelt Administration to directly commission him as a lieutenant general in the United States Army to help lead the United States' war materiel production efforts for World War II.

The genius of America is production; and a large percentage of our productive enterprises are headed by men who have come up from the worker's bench.

William S. Knudsen
The young man who has the combination of the learning of books with the learning which comes of doing things with the hands need not worry about getting along in the world today, or at any time.

William S. Knudsen
- Today
- Learning
- Worry

Experience is knowing a lot of things you shouldnt do.

William S. Knudsen
- Experience
- Things
A big corporation is more or less blamed for being big; it is only big because it gives service. If it doesn’t give service, it gets small faster than it grew big.

William S. Knudsen
- Giving
- Bigs
- Faster