American Icon Quotes

“I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one - and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces. - Henry Ford”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“Business men go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot bring themselves to change. One sees them all about - men who do not know that yesterday is past, and who woke up this morning with last year's ideas. - Henry Ford”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“You have to expect the unexpected, and you have to deal with it." he said. "Whining is not a plan. Wallowing is not a plan. We have a plan, and if we need to adjust it, we will".”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“It is failure that is easy. Success is always hard”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“Running a business is a design job. You need a point of view about the future, a really good plan to deliver that future, and then relentless implementation.”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. —HENRY FORD”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“You guys need to get your act together, because if you don't, then the board's going to have to step in and resolve the issue," the directors warned them. "It would be better if you could work together to define your roles in a complementary way and leverage your strengths. You better give that a real hard try.”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“We need to stop planning products to fill plants,” he told the board. “We need to match production to the actual demand.”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

“Ford actually figured out how much money to set aside for accounts payable each month by weighing its bills on a scale.”
― Bryce G. Hoffman, American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company