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General Motors Quotes

On the company that shaped an industry.

These General Motors quotes reflect firsthand experience, from a first job as a quality inspector checking fits between hoods and fenders, to years spent working for the company in southeast Michigan.

These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.

Quotes by Ahmed Ben Bella

When General Motors builds a car, they want to meet the specific needs of many customers. But if they custom-make each car, then it will not be economical.

Quotes by Susumu Tonegawa

What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Although the reasons for Michigan's malaise are varied, one big reason is our state's almost uniquely uncompetitive tax structure, which one General Motors official called the costliest of all jurisdictions where GM operates.

Quotes by Mike Bouchard

American Quotes

Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns for our shareholders.

Quotes by Mary Barra

I started at General Motors at 18 years old as a co-op student at the General Motors Institute, which is now Kettering.

Quotes by Mary Barra

My goal is for General Motors to lead in safe autonomous driving.

Quotes by Mary Barra

When you look at the truck market in North America, you have to understand the customer, and that's one of the things I think General Motors does really well. There's a big population that buys our trucks. It's their life...

Quotes by Mary Barra

My first job at General Motors was as a quality inspector on the assembly line. I was checking fits between hoods and fenders. I had a little scale and clipboard. At one point, I was probably examining 60 jobs an...

Quotes by Mary Barra

Big Quotes

It was great to go to Stanford. Until that point, I'd spent my whole life in southeast Michigan, working for General Motors. I was in a different part of the country. People didn't know what General Motors was, didn't care,...

Quotes by Mary Barra

And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we had to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we...

Quotes by Leonard Woodcock

I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors settlement was branded as being inflationary and bad for the country.

Quotes by Leonard Woodcock

Instead of mindlessly tossing billions at or taking billions from the Net as such, investors should be spending their time making sure that it's the future Fords and General Motors of cyberspace that are getting the capital they need.

Quotes by James Surowiecki

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.

Quotes by Godfrey Reggio

Car Quotes

We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government.

Quotes by Glenn Beck

My goal in coming to General Motors was to help restore profitability, build a strong market position and position this iconic company for success. We are clearly on that path.

Quotes by Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Well, as you know, General Motors does not make hybrids. Ford only made 4,000 hybrids last year.

Quotes by Ed Markey

Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada.

Quotes by Charles E. Wilson

Our thinking behind these agreements is that we want all jobs in General Motors to be good jobs.

Quotes by Charles E. Wilson

Country Quotes

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country.

Quotes by Charles Erwin Wilson

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspective do these General Motors quotes offer?
These quotes offer a mostly firsthand, insider perspective on General Motors, including personal work history, regional economic context in Michigan, and manufacturing decisions.
Why do people search for General Motors quotes?
People search for General Motors quotes when researching the auto industry, Michigan's economy, or personal accounts of working at a major manufacturer. See Car quotes for related themes.
Is there a quote about someone's early career at General Motors?
Yes, one quote describes a first job at General Motors as a quality inspector on the assembly line, checking fits between hoods and fenders with a scale and clipboard.
Do any quotes connect General Motors to Michigan's economy?
Yes, one quote points to Michigan's almost uniquely uncompetitive tax structure, cited by a General Motors official as one reason for the state's economic troubles. See Country quotes for related regional themes.
Is there a quote about how General Motors builds cars?
Yes, one quote explains that General Motors aims to meet the specific needs of many customers, but notes that fully custom-building each car would not be economical at scale.

Other lines discuss Michigan's uncompetitive tax structure and the economics of custom-building cars to meet many customers' needs. See also Car and Country quotes.