John Francis Dodge Quotes

102 John Francis Dodge Quotes (Dodge Brothers Quotes, Dodge Bros)

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The h*ll it isn’t!
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I am tired of being carried around in Henry Ford’s vest pocket.
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Dependability.
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[On the informal name of the first Dodge that rolled off their 12-man assembly line on November 14, 1914.] Old Betsy.
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[The Dodge brothers’ slogan for their car] Speaks for itself.
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Adversity.
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The most destitute kids in town…
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I drove a cow three miles twice a day for 50 cents a week and was mighty glad when pay day came.
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The young fellows of today don’t know anything about adversity.
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We were the poorest little urchins ever born.
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We’re brothers and we always work together…
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If you haven’t got room for two of us, neither of us will start.
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No one by the name of DODGE [is to] be given employment in our factory.
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We have decided that two members of the Dodge family are all that the firm should be burdened with.
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Anyone could have come in the place and ransacked it…
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How many of you men belong at work?
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Dodge Brothers.
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Dodge Brothers. Motor Car
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Dodge Brothers. Motor Car. Reliable, Dependable, Sound.
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Dodge Brothers… will… market a car bearing our own name.
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We had a rather foolish contract…
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We were not as wise then…
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We were the most destitute kids in the town.
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We were born… in a little wooden cottage
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We were born out on North Fifth Street…
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Poor mother, how she used to worry about her boys.
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I am three years older than my brother and naturally mother always confided her trouble in me.
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H. E. and myself were obliged to go barefooted and wear ragged clothes
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[On having to go barefooted] We didn’t grumble…
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[On their hard life] We…tried to make mother think it was all right.
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I am three years older than my brother…
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Mother always confided her trouble in me.
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[On giving $100,000 in 1913] This amount sounds big but really is nothing to us now.
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A judicial manner in which it can be spent.
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H. E. and myself are worth $50 million…
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[In 1913 on being worth $50 million] We have made the most of it in the last 10 years.
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We want to do something for Niles right away…
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[On a donation in 1913 that was rejected] I had suggested a donation of $100,000.
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We will double this amount if your citizens will advance a judicial manner in which it can be spent.
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That’s that!
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