Michelin Brothers Quotes

“Slowness is the special defect of large companies and a cause of their ruin.”

“You must create the conditions for your product's success.”

“Little streams make big rivers.”

“A single minute lost each hour adds up to eight in a day, 2400 minutes in a year - or 40 hours per worker.”

“The more difficult the problem, the less chance there is of being followed, the more fruitful the triumph will be.”

“It is not with the last progress that one should proceed, nor even with today's progress, but with that of tomorrow.”

“They built road signs across France. Thousands of them, all for free. Why? Because better signs meant longer trips, more driving, more wear, and more tires sold.”

“Michelin tires are presumably good tires, but one is apt to assume it because the Michelin maps and guides are so good, not the other way round.”

“For the Michelin empire the obsession remains the tire. Nothing but the tire.”

“Saving both time and money was one of the principal concerns of the chiefs.”

“A tire company will prosper if people travel more. We're not going to sell tires. We're going to sell movement.”

“The car with tires will replace the horse.”

“The Michelin guide provided them with compelling reasons to try out their cars and wear out their tires.”

“Look, with arms it would make a man.”

“Before motorists knew that they were a new class, the red guides provided them with compelling reasons to try out their cars and wear out their tyres, such as a good restaurant for lunch, a pleasant hotel in the evening.”

“Man only truly respects what he pays for.”

“My duty is now to go to Clermont to save the family firm from ruin.”

“Do come, all is not lost if you come. It's for you to save what our fathers passed down to us.”

“Michelin is the only guide that counts.”