William Boeing Quotes

101 William Boeing Quotes

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[On Conrad Westerveldt] My dear Westy.
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[In 1916] The pilot Boeing has is unsatisfactory…
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[On hiring T Wong in 1916] Engage chinaman…
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[On dropping out of Yale University two years into his degree to seek his fortune in timberland and iron ore] I felt the time was ripe to acquire timber.
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[In 1915] I’m glad you didn’t hurt yourself and that we can repair the airplane.
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[In 1941 on a race horse of his] Porter’s Mite has run his last race and will be retired to the stud.
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I looked ahead…
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The many forward projects now in the making…
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My firm conviction from the start… hard work can lick what appear to be insurmountable difficulties.
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Forever new frontiers.
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[William Boeing Jr on his father in 2005] He loved watching birds, believed in reducing risk by focusing on facts and realized long before other people that commercial aviation had a place on the globe. He was someone who pursued his curiosity, studied things carefully and never dismissed the novel.
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[William Boeing Jr] Selling the family stock in Boeing wasn’t exactly an angry gesture on father’s part. He was a fair age, and the thing that made him most unhappy was that the charges made against him were politically inspired and were never substantiated. He was enormously successful in other areas, so when this business presented itself [real estate investing] the enjoyment and pleasure of running the airplane company was dimmed.
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[William Boeing Jr in 1967 on receiving letter from Boeing people who have been dismissed or people with inventions to unload.] Most of the time, we say we appreciate their letter but have no connection with the plant.
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[William Boeing Jr in 1967] There are relationships, which at times have caused some rather hard-to-explain situations. Europeans are somewhat loath to accept the statement I always make that we don’t have any financial interest in the company.
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[William Boeing Jr] My father bought the barn for $10. That was back in 1910. You can see values have changed since then.
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[William Boeing Jr on The Museum of Flight and the museum’s Red Barn the birthplace of the Boeing Company in 2005] This is giving the chance to light the spark of someone’s interest. It is the hope that this will become a catalyst when someone comes through here and will say, ‘Hey, this is interesting.’
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[William Boeing Jr on the early aviation pioneers in 2005] They really worked it.
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[William Boeing Jr] There are a lot of things in this world that are in discord and tend to tear people down a little. I like to build them up.
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[William Boeing Jr] Things are changing all the time. There is no permanent goal. You keep going. You keep expanding.
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[William Boeing Jr] There is no stopping. It’s pretty hard to step when you’re up in the air. You get in a lot of trouble if you do.
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[William Boeing Jr] In 1928, when I was almost six years of age, I had my first flight with Eddie Hubbard over our old house in the Highlands. He was an extraordinary aviator who not only understood the skills required in flight but had a wonderful understanding of the commercial aspects of flight. He was a pioneer in private air transportation as well as airmail.
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Bonus

Bill Boeing had a dream. It was gutsy. It was risky. It was hard. And it changed the world.
Bob Watt (Boeing Co Vice President 2005)



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