Henry Ford

Youth should not be slandered. Boy nature and girl nature are less repressed and therefore more wholesome today than before. If they at times seem unimpressed by their elders, it is probably because we make a matter of authority what should be a matter of conference. These young people are new people sent to this scene by Destiny to take our places. They come with new visions to fulfill, new powers to exploit.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.

I wouldn’t have the Presidency or any political office-don’t want anything to do with it nor have politics have anything to do with me.

Getting permanent value out of a job means purpose and fitting means to ends.

There are some sick people in this world.

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.

From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.

There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat.

Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

Respect for sovereignity, for privacy, for total independence. Gentle alliances against loneliness, they were, cool rational love-affairs without the love.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

Without risk, there isn’t any living communication.

I didn’t just come in on a load of turnips!

If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.

Teach children not to be gullible.

And you know, there’s less charm in life when you think about death–but it’s more peaceful.

I feel like I got a pile of cattle chasing my ass, and I’m pedaling as hard as I can to stay in front of ‘em. I’m looking behind me driving like hell.