53 Quotes by William Clay Ford, Jr.

Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy.

I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all.

I was an absolutely untalented designer.

It's hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn't work very well on passenger cars.

All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.

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

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.