28 Quotes by David Garrity

There are cases where the execution could be admittedly flawed. But, for a company as large as Ford, this is not to say that they won't eventually succeed.

We believe that Ford's recall of over 46,000 Explorer SUVs overseas since August 1999 undermines Ford's efforts to place responsibility on Bridgestone/Firestone in connection with the U.S. tire recall. As a result, Ford's credibility with U.S. consumers, legislators and regulators may suffer. We are thereby threatening the January 2001 launch of the new model.

Shares of companies like Apple and Motorola may have gotten ahead of themselves. But companies further down the supply chain are reasonably priced.

Free is very difficult to compete with. Certainly, life has become more interesting and challenging for the telecom companies.

I give Rick credit to try to move GM as an organization more at Internet speed. We're seeing the baton being passed from one person who made a significant contribution to someone on the same team, who is going to take the company hopefully to the next level.

What Microsoft has to do, arguably, is find way to recreate itself. And unfortunately this process of recreation, if you will, potentially carries the risk with it of cannibalizing Microsoft's existing product offering.

There is no compelling reason for a split since large institutional investors have the capital to buy shares regardless of the price.

Historically, Ford and Navistar have been the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the medium-duty truck business. This is just a consolidation of the industry.

It all boils down to when is this company going to show us better profit margins and cash flow margins? Investors are waiting patiently.