Children have helped me a lot.
We wish all users of Ford cars to know what they are entitled to.
That man is best educated who knows the greatest number of things that are so, and who can do the greatest number of things to help and heal the world.
We are entering an era when we shall create resources which shall be so constantly renewed that the only loss will be not to use them. There will be such a plenteous supply of heat, light and power, that it will be a sin not to use all we want. This era is coming now. And it is coming by way of Water.
We now know that anything which is economically right is also morally right. There can be no conflict between good economics and good morals.
When I went to our American history books to learn how our forefathers harrowed the land, I discovered that the historians knew nothing about harrows. Yet our country has depended more on harrows than on guns or speeches. I thought that a history which excluded harrows, and all the rest of daily life, was bunk. And I think so yet.
Machines were devised not to do a man out of a job, but to take the heavy labor from man’s back and place it on the broad back of the machine.
When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.
From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.
Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past.
Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.
Life is managed; it is not cured.
Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.
Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.
Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.
I think I am actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.
I’m going to go down and take care of the bill. I’m not going to embarrass you, just let me do it. I had such a great time, I just want it to be my treat. [On returning after several minutes red faced] They won’t take my check, I don’t know what we’re going to do. [Robertson said ‘David, what we’ve spent here, we’re going to have to do a lot of dishes.’] I’m going to call Prince Rupert [Loewenstein] and ask him to call the hotel and tell them I’m good for it. Or maybe he can pay the bill and then I’ll pay him back or something. [Prince Rupert vouched for his credit and the hotel agreed to accept Geffen’s check.]
People will try to fix world but world will fix people.
If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
I don’t care about anyone not liking me, you b**thes barely like yourselves.
