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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Boeing is a United States icon.
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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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My career has been spent developing airplanes.
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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've been through geopolitical and economic cycles.
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Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.
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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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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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I drive a different car every night.
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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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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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It's all about competitiveness: are you making the products that people really do want and value, and are you making it more efficiently and using less resources and less time than the competition?
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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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It was an honor to serve at Boeing on the 777.
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There is a great market for cars in the United States - as Honda and Toyota have proven.
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Man, have I become a car guy!
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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.
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Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.
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The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.
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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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The similarities between commercial airplanes and automobiles are striking. It's all about safe and efficient transportation using the latest technology and the best fuel efficiency.
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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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At the most fundamental level, it is an honor to serve - at whatever type or size of organization you are privileged to lead, whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit. It is an honor to serve. Starting from that foundation, it is important to have a compelling vision and a comprehensive plan.