Carlos Ghosn Quotes
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
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When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.
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Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.
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What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.
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It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
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I would say a good leader brings results. A great leader writes a new story, it's different. Obviously a new story has to incorporate a lot of results. But a story is a chapter in the life of a company that people want to write and want to remember.
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Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.
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At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.