# Henry Ford Henry Ford was an American industrialist associated with the development of mass-production manufacturing and the Ford Motor Company. Quotations attributed to him require source-level care because several widely circulated business aphorisms have not been located in his authenticated writings or speeches. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” > **— Attributed to Henry Ford**, *as repeated by Susan Kokinda in The Saturday Wrap-Up, November 7, 2026* *Verification status: the recording verifies Kokinda's use and attribution, not Ford's authorship. This candidate remains in the unverified queue.* [[reminders/unverified/People Would Have Asked for Faster Horses, Attributed to Henry Ford|People Would Have Asked for Faster Horses, Attributed to Henry Ford]]