Alan Mulally Quotes
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It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment.
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I've been very fortunate to be part of projects that are really big and broad.
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I sleep very well, although sometimes it's hard to go to sleep 'cos I'm so excited about the business performance review the following day.
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More and more people realize the importance of economic growth, near-term and long-term in the U.S., and the competitiveness with other countries around the world.
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I felt very comfortable moving from aerospace to automobiles.
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Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.
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The most important thing is the fact we have created this successful and sustainable Ford Motor Co. worldwide. I have no regrets.
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Google is really committed to improving everything. So it has been really fun to participate in all of their different moonshots.
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We don't worry over macro-economic factors when investing, as we are always thinking about the long-term.
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When I arrived in Ford, a decision was made to sell many marquee brands. This was because 85 per cent of the sales were from Ford and Lincoln brands. We were clear that for the company's strong future, we needed to focus on the Ford brands.
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Ford had a number of different strategies over the years that they thought obviously made sense at the time, just like all the different brands, and also the regional operations.
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I have a lot of respect for Microsoft.
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When work is what you love to do, it's not work - it's serving.
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Both Boeing and Ford are absolutely committed to safe and efficient transportation.
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I can remember the first time I tried to drive into the garage of the world headquarters of Ford in a Camry. It was almost like they wouldn't let me in. They said, 'Why do you want to do that?' I said, 'Because we are going to make the best cars in the world, and we need to know everything about the competitor's car.'
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Boeing is a United States icon.
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The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.
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If you get honest feedback and do nothing about it, then the feedback will stop.
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The most important thing is to simultaneously deal with reality - really the way it is, not the way you wished it could be or you hoped it could be - but also have a vision about where you want to go.
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As we develop our energy policies in the United States to generate our energy clean, then I think we're going to really move to a world that all of us want, and that is a sustainable future.
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Ford is committed to building a sustainable future for the benefit of all Americans, and we believe Ford is on the right path to achieve this vision.
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No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.
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It's just really important that we have boundaries and guidelines to operate. Our homes, the cars, everything is going to be on the Internet. And so what are the guidelines? What do we want?
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Some people believe the U.S. can't compete in the design and manufacture of sophisticated products. I think we absolutely can if we pull together. We have shown that we can do that in commercial airplanes, and we can absolutely prove that we can do that in automobiles.