Henry Ford

Man minus the Machine is a slave; Man plus the Machine is a freeman.

Children have helped me a lot.

Experience is the harvest of life, and every harvest is the result of a sowing. The experience which young people must crave is that of success in some service for which they are naturally fitted.

A monopoly of jobs in this country is just as bad as a monopoly of bread!

Trouble with the world today is people don’t go to children enough. I don’t like old people. I stay away from them.

The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.

People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and all achievement.

There are ships sailing to my ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don’t want to do it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

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.]

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.

Foolproof systems don’t take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.

Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.