As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

For all the progress, we recognize we're very far from the finish line.

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn't play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.