31 Quotes by Edward Whitacre, Jr.

This merger is a logical next step that creates substantial value for customers and stockholders of both AT&T and BellSouth. It will benefit customers through new services and expanded service capabilities.

I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.

I'm a pretty average guy and want to keep a low profile. I don't want the world necessarily to know about me.

I don't know anything about cars. A business is a business, and I think I can learn about cars. I'm not that old, and I think the business principles are the same.

If someone wants to transmit a high-quality service with no interruptions and 'guaranteed this, guaranteed that,' they should be willing to pay for that.

I find people to be people everywhere. Everyone wants the same thing - be successful.

I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.

So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.

AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.