Clessie Cummins Quotes
102 Clessie Cummins Quotes
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[In 1926 on licensing] I believe that by all means, we should do everything in our power to make these license connections as quickly as possible.
Clessie Cummins
[In August 1929] Being discouraged at the wrong time has kept me in a quandary. I am blowing hot one day and cold the next. I am trying to find out in my own mind if I am allowing my own personal needs of the moment to warp my judgement or whether I am up against a real for sure wall. I don’t feel that I have a yellow streak or that I am a quitter but self preservation is a strong instinct and hard to dismiss.
Clessie Cummins
[In early 1929 with bills coming in - The business unlikely to] Give me relief for a long time to come.
Clessie Cummins
[In 1930 on H. B. Vance a vice president at Studebaker] He gets down to brass tacks quickly.
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I like Mr Vance very much.
Clessie Cummins
[On a deal with Studebaker] I sincerely hope that something will come to a head in the near future, while our popularity is at its peak…
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A fateful spur of the moment decision.
Clessie Cummins
[On not being able to race ‘Number 8’ himself which had Cummins diesel engine inside] They have sewed me up so that I can’t have any fun.
Clessie Cummins
[On driving a harrowing downhill run with failing brakes.] I suddenly saw something moving across the road ahead. There was a long dark shadow, and then a red glow flared in the sky. I realized with new alarm that a freight train was cutting across our path. The train’s caboose cleared the highway just as we reached the tracks.
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[In 1931 to W G Irwin] We should take immediate steps to make some manufacturing arrangements in the countries in which we have patent protection.
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[In 1931] We have not considered royalties for the United States, but are working on the foreign rights which we have always felt should be handled by manufacturers in their own countries on a royalty basis.
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[In 1932] There is no doubt that the Diesel engine will be in general use in trucks and boats before so very long, it is coming on very fast.
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Befogged.
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[On John Niven to W. G. Irwin in August 1932] Will be glad when John gets back. He is the real missing link.
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It has never been the intention of Mr Irwin nor Mrs Sweeney nor myself, to build up a gigantic industry or to become the ‘Ford’ of the Diesel Engine Field.
Clessie Cummins
It has always been our aim and desire to pick out the best talent and train it to the best of our ability, not only as mechanics, but as God-fearing, useful citizens in the community.
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[In September 1931] Production of diesel engines for trucks and busses will be started at the diesel plant here within six months.
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This truck outfitted with a Cummins diesel engine could go 10,000 miles without stopping.
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As I sat along in the gloom of my tiny office… An amazing idea flashed before me….
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I have worked hard, put in long hours and have enjoyed most of it.
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[In 1930] W. G. Irwin called myself on Black Friday and said ‘Clessie, anyone who thinks they can sell diesel yacht engines after today needs their head examined. I’m beginning liquidation steps immediately.’
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I don’t feel that I have a yellow streak or that I am a quitter…
Clessie Cummins
Bonus quotes about Clessie Cummins and Cummins
[In 1921] Mr Cummins came to me in my office and told me that the engine he was building was not a good one and that his venture was not a success; in fact that all of the money that had been put into it had been lost and that he had little to show for what he had done. I felt sorry for him and asked him if there was no salvage to be had from the wreck. He said there was nothing but an idea. He tried to explain the idea to me with the result that when he told me it would cost $10,000 to prove the idea, I told him I would furnish the money.
W. G. Irwin
[In 1922 on Clessie’s extended sales tour with the marine engines] I cannot understand how you could be content to leave your business for so long a time.
W. G. Irwin
[After Black Friday when he had talked about the liquidation of Cummins Engine] Clessie, if your engines were as smooth and as powerful as this Packard, I’d give you your company back. [Clessie then opened up the hood and showed him he was looking at a Cummins Model U diesel boat engine]
W. G. Irwin
[To Clessie Cummins] I’m putting money in the company; you’re only putting in effort.
Irwin Miller (Great Nephew of W. G. Irwin and former Cummins CEO)
Obsolete your own products.
Irwin Miller (Great Nephew of W. G. Irwin and former Cummins CEO)
[In 1989] The gloomiest predictions have all been wrong so far. My mother used to say the last good year was 1910.
Irwin Miller (Great Nephew of W. G. Irwin and former Cummins CEO)
[In October 2000] Cummins Engine Co., Inc. has been a leader in the diesel engine industry for over 81 years. Changing our name to Cummins, Inc., acknowledges that we are also a leader in other global markets, including filtration and power generation. Today, while engines remain our core business, we are more than an engine company, and our new name reflects our continuing diversification.
Tim Solso (Cummins Chairman and CEO)
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