Quotes by Charles Erwin Wilson

“The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.”

“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.”

“But I have always liked bird dogs rather than kennel-fed dogs myself -- you know, one that will get out and hunt for food rather than sit on his fanny and yell.”

“It is futile to talk too much about the past . . . like trying to make birth control retroactive.”

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.