Sergio Marchionne Quotes

General Motors is not in the business of making cars. It is in the business of making money.

All of my businesses are profitable.

The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.

The most important thing is the fact we have created this successful and sustainable Ford Motor Co. worldwide. I have no regrets.

I am wired like a CEO and care a great deal about the bottom line, but I care about my customers even more than that. That's always been my competitive advantage.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships.

You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.

From my point of view, my job is just to work hard for our franchisees, so they can maintain the position they're in, and to grow market share.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.

At a European auto show, I had someone from a German car company come up to me and say the Karma should cost $125,000, not $87,900, but our development process lets us lower the costs. I guarantee it's profitable.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

2008 was a good - a very successful year for Volkswagen.

I've never had difficulty dominating any market I've been in.

I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.

Quality will save our company.

In business, what do we do? We compete.

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

Our businesses are stable, and Fortis is on a promising trajectory. I want to assure our business partners and colleagues that I will continue to guide the organization to realize its full potential.

What I'm good at is making sure we have the best resources, the best talent, the best marketing, and the best access to distribution.

Well, we all make mistakes, and I've made some; getting involved in a price-cutting campaign in Scotland when the biggest slump in advertising history was just around the corner was a mistake.