Henry Ford

Competition whose motive is merely to compete, to drive some other fellow out, never carries very far.

Mass production is craftsmanship with the drudgery taken out of it.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

The depression was just a state of mind. It is over for everyone who has changed his state of mind.

Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

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

The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can’t get away this time!

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.

People didn’t want war. We were forced in it. How fast we finish it depends on how free a hand our generals and admirals have. The less interference they get from the politicians the quicker they’ll end it.

The strongest of all warriors are these two – Time and Patience.

I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.

What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another Direction

Thus, then, on the night of the tenth of May, at the outset of this mighty battle, I acquired the chief power in the State, which henceforth I wielded in ever-growing measure for five years and three months of world war, at the end of which time, all our enemies having surrendered unconditionally or being about to do so, I was immediately dismissed by the British electorate from all further conduct of their affairs.

The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.