Alan Mulally Quotes
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The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency.
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This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.
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Because of the Internet of Things, we're all going to be connected.
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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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What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving that vision, and then a relentless implementation plan.
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I was the lead designer and the general manager of the triple 7 and, of course, the dynamite 787.
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The more senior your management position is, the more important it is to connect the organization or the project to the outside world. You know, how does this fit in with what we're doing? What is the real goal, the real mission?
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My career has been spent developing airplanes.
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Man, have I become a car guy!
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I found a new love in Google. I'm a Googler now.
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Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.
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We've always loved the automobile, and we all love Henry Ford's original vision to open the highways to all mankind, the freedom and movement.
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You can't manage a secret.
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It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.
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I drive a different car every night.
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My favorite expression is a tag line or an advertising and marketing campaign that Ford ran a number of years ago. They ran it for almost 12 years, and it was, 'Have you driven a Ford lately?'
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I've been through geopolitical and economic cycles.
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With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.
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Where you really get in trouble is if the market is dropping and the economy's slowing down and you don't take action.
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Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.
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Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.
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The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.
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It was an honor to serve at Boeing on the 777.
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There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.