Henry Ford

Although Mr. Edison was called ‘The Wizard’ of the electrical world and everyone thought that electricity was the coming thing, he actually encouraged me to go with my second car.

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary.

There should be no unemployment. There is large percentage of labor now which cannot make a living because wages are not high enough. That is industry’s 2nd job. 1st job is to make good product. 2nd pay a good wage.

I wouldn’t give five cents for all the art in the world.

What I greatly hope for these children everywhere, is a new attitude toward life–free from the gullibility which thinks we can get something for nothing; free from the greed which thinks any permanent good can come of overreaching others; and, above all, expectant of change, so that when life gives them a jolt they will be fully prepared to push on eagerly along new lines.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

It’s not the time to look for excuses.

It’s a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

If you really understand Zen, you can use any book, even the dictionary, because the sound of the rain needs no translation.

If she doesn’t acknowledge what happened, then how can we trust that she is going to be different in the future?

You have to name it to claim it.

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.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.

Love is simple: It is waking up knowing you exist in a mind outside of your own. It is having one heart that carries two beats. It is you and me spoken in terms of us and we.

Most of the sickness in the world is caused by eating too much.

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it’s only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.