Top 73 Quotes & Sayings by Dennis Muilenburg

I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.

I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.

If the U.S. were to not reauthorize the Ex-Im bank, it's in essence unilaterally disarming in a globally competitive environment.

We're not in the business of taking large operations in the U.S. and moving them overseas.

We know our future's not guaranteed, so every day, we have to relentlessly pursue additional actions to drive our competitiveness.

We continue to see acquisitions as an opportunity area for us. It's one of the tools that we use to grow.

I have always loved aeroplanes and spacecraft and the design element.

First thing we're going to do with the benefits of tax reform is we're going to invest in innovation. We're going to invest in capital, new product lines. It's going to create more manufacturing jobs and our shareholders are going to benefit, too. We're going to improve dividends, share repurchase.

I've witnessed firsthand the critical role suppliers - and especially the best ones - play in Boeing's success.

Ambassador Kennedy brings to the Boeing board professional, diplomatic, and global perspectives that are highly valued in our rapidly evolving and increasingly competitive global business environment. Her diversity of experience and accompanying insights will broaden and strengthen our board in its deliberative and oversight roles for the company.

We need to stay on the leading edge of technology, that technology in our products, in our internal process and manufacturing. But most importantly, we need the talent. It's multidisciplinary talent. It's talent that knows how to operate globally, that has technology savvy and a business savvy.

The future of innovation has to include not only the technology, but economic viability.

We want to generate jobs in the U.S.

Standing up Global Services will accelerate our capabilities across all Boeing services and support areas - from our traditional parts, modifications, and upgrades business to strengthening our data analytics and information-based offerings.

We have ambitious goals for the future, and I know we will achieve them, in part, by working closely with our exceptional extended team.

I spent the first 15 years of my career in Seattle.

Unmanned airplanes - and more broadly, autonomy in space, in the air, undersea - is a big future area for Boeing and an area where we are continuing to build out collaborations. So we are always looking for partners in that arena.

In the long run, competition makes us better... it drives innovation.

We're not going to see an exclusively robotic factory, but we will see the optimum use of robots and people.

I think tax reform is the single most important thing we can do in this country to unleash economic energy. It's going to unleash growth.

It's very important that we all have a common understanding of our purpose as a business - what we aspire to - and a strategy for achieving it.

We have very close relationships with our Canadian customers.

As we deliver airplanes and we enable global travel and global cargo delivery, it provides overall economic growth around the world as well.

Our commitment to integrity, our commitment to diversity and inclusion, to respecting our teammates - that's what makes this business work.

Lives literally depend on what we do.

By harnessing our teammates' unique skills and passion for giving, our professional networks and partnerships, and our financial resources, we will inspire the dreamers and doers of tomorrow and drive positive, lasting change in our communities across the globe.

It's vital to understand where you may have gaps in your knowledge or experience and to surround yourself with a team that complements that.

Eventually we're going to go to Mars, and I firmly believe the first person that sets foot on Mars will get there on a Boeing rocket.

I think the work on tax reform, the work that's being done on regulatory reform is very important. And just having a seat at the table, I think, is so important for business today as we think about what's going to benefit the economy of this country, how we're going to create great manufacturing jobs.

Robots allow our employees to work safely, faster, and at less cost.

We can create opportunities to generate value by working across the entire breadth of Boeing.

As we continue to drive the benefits of integrating our enterprise skills, capabilities, and experience - what we call operating as 'One Boeing' - we will find new and better ways to engage and inspire employees, deliver innovation that drives customer success, and produce results to fuel future growth and prosperity for all our stakeholders.

If we ramp up capabilities in China, including additional 737-related work, the actions that we'll take are actions that ultimately allow us to grow jobs in the U.S.

Every airplane sale overseas generates U.S. jobs.

I know things like a 20% corporate tax rate will allow us to be more competitive in the global marketplace. That's what our competitors enjoy today around the world. And when we're more competitive, we win in the marketplace, and that allows us to invest and grow for the future.

The employee relationships are important, investment in our people is important, and the ability to do work at multiple sites is important.

We see the Super Hornet as an opportunity... to tie directly into the 'Make in India' strategy.

I think you're going to see an interest in space tourism, space travel for the sake of travel.

We work on things that really matter.

I believe you'll see a low Earth orbit space travel business begin.

This idea of mutual appreciation and partnerships and investment in our people is very important to me and will continue to be important.

We expect to be a prime in the fighter jet business for the long run. This is not a business we're getting out of at all.

We treat the management-to-workforce relationship as very important and will continue to invest in that relationship.

Our first use of cash is invested organically, secondly returning values our shareholders - roughly 100 percent free cash flow. And then thirdly, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships that complement our organic strategy. We are going to continue down that path.

I'm an avid bicyclist, so I catch some sun while I'm out bicycling.

If you want to work in engineering and to have an impact that's global, come work in the aerospace sector.

I think it's really important that we have a level playing field for global trade.

The Max 10 will provide customers with even more flexibility in terms of airplane range and higher seat count.

We'll continue to take the right actions to make sure we're a profitable business.

The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.

Substantial services growth is core to Boeing's strategy.

The commercial airplane business is an incredible growth business.

The opportunity ahead of us in terms of transforming how we design and build, how we manufacture, is even greater than some of the product innovation that we're going to bring to the table.

Boeing has won in the marketplace for 100 years because of innovation, and we need to continue to invest in innovation for the future. And our cash generation strength is what allows us to do that.

Our enduring values as a company are the most important of our mission and purpose.

Aerospace services represents one of our biggest growth opportunities for the future.

When you think about our 13,000 small and medium businesses in America that are part of our supply chain, and that's more than 1.5 million manufacturing jobs. So it's a significant job generator.

I think it's really important to have a long-term perspective.

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.

We aspire to be a top performer in every area of our business, and that includes leading in the communities where our employees and their families live and work.