All Quotes

The Ford Motor Company has always been part of my life, and I continue to draw a lot of energy from this wonderful and exciting business. ”

Leaving the board will relieve me of formal duties and give me more flexibility, but I still expect to spend as much time as possible with the extended family of Ford people and will gladly help the company and the board in any way I can. ”

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me. ”

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves. ”

Whenever I'm at a party, people are always telling me either to get a new quarterback or make the Taurus back seat bigger. ”

There are almost no limits in terms of what a car can become. ”

When we're in a peak, we make a ton of money, and as soon as we make a ton of money, we're desperately looking for a way to spend it. And we diversify into areas that, frankly, we don't know how to run very well. ”

There are people who think I'm a Bolshevik, and this is all a major distraction at best and heresy at worst. But I really don't care. ”

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan. ”

I don't know if a company can have a soul, but I like to think it can. ”