John Deere Quotes
102 John Deere Quotes
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[In 1867 on other plow makers copying John Deere plow designs.] Another evidence of superiority is found in the fact that plow makers in different parts of the country are changing their styles and shapes to imitate ours, while others go still farther and assert that they have a mechanic from our shop (discharged years ago for incompetency) and are making the 'Moline Plow,' advertising them as such, and seeking to get them introduced on the reputation our plows have acquired...
Charles Deere
[On copying the John Deere name] Unscrupulous manufacturers have recently appropriated this name for the purpose of palming off a confessedly inferior imitation using all the numbers, letter, names peculiar to our plow. We really believe that no man can live an exemplary Christian life and use a poor plow...
Charles Deere
[On the Deere-Clark Roadster.] The gentleman’s Roadster. Without a single weak point.
Charles Deere
[On the Deere-Clark Motor Car Company] Many heads are better than one.
Charles Deere
I used to accompany our wagons in delivering plows through the country…
Charles Deere
I… learned to be quite proficient in hitching to and running a plow.
Charles Deere
Running a plow.
Charles Deere
Driving horses came naturally to me…
Charles Deere
[On driving horses with a plow.] This has always been one of my most pleasant recreations.
Charles Deere
With the encouragement of farmers...
Charles Deere
We have a list price, which is the maximum dealers are allowed to charge.
Charles Deere
They are at liberty to sell plows as cheaply as they desire…
Charles Deere
The middleman… gives him credit and, with it, a substantial start in life.
Charles Deere
Stocks kept on hand for their accommodation, just when they have need of a particular implement…
Charles Deere
Farmers... find it very handy, in case of breakage to go to the same middleman and get the necessary repairs.
Charles Deere
Just when they have need of a particular implement… in case of breakage…
Charles Deere
Plow makers in different parts of the country are changing their styles and shapes to imitate ours…
Charles Deere
Others go still farther and assert that they have a mechanic from our shop (discharged years ago for incompetency)…
Charles Deere
Unscrupulous manufacturers… palming off a confessedly inferior imitation…
Charles Deere
On the reputation our plows have acquired...
Charles Deere
[On counterfeiters of John Deere products.] We really believe that no man can live an exemplary Christian life and use a poor plow...
Charles Deere
[More on his management style] I was never one to run a company from behind my desk.
Charles Deere
Bonus
[At the 150th anniversary of Deere & Company on John Deere] He stressed quality and value in his products and services. He stayed close to the customers in order to provide them with products they needed to meet their individual requirements. Above all, he emphasized fair dealings and the principle of mutual advantage for all who came in contact with his company. We've never lost sight of this business philosophy.
Robert Hanson Chairman - Deere & Company
I believe all of our present strengths have been built on the foundation of achievement, integrity, and momentum that we have inherited from our predecessors
Robert Hanson Chairman - Deere & Company (And CEO 1982-1989)
[On John Deere at his memorial service.] He was not a theorizer, or one who dealt in impracticable things, but in solid facts.
C. L. Morgan
[On John Deere] I, have heard his hammering in the morning, when I was in the store in bed, at four o’clock, and at ten o’clock at night; he had such indomitable determination to do and work out what he had in his mind.
John Gould (An early business partner.)
[On the John Deere GP product line.] An outstanding failure. Well do I recall how much tractor business was lost by our company due to the bad design of the GP line.
Charles Deere Wiman (The great-grandson of John Deere and second last member of the Deere family to lead John Deere)
[On the John Deere Plow] No farming implement is more essential than the plow.
Neil Clark
[On Charles Deere] Charles Deere was one of the very first professional managers in the sense we use that term today.
Wayne Broehl
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