S.R. Ford Quotes

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up.

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

Love is a collection of moments where you were really there with somebody. A child, a lover, a friend, yourself.

We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

Obviously, it's a great privilege and pleasure to be here at the Yale Law School Sesquicentennial Convocation. And I defy anyone to say that and chew gum at the same time.

I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

I never feel sexy. I have a distant relationship with the mirror.

I do not go to the gym. I do not train. I am not that careful about what I eat. I cannot give you any advice about keeping fit. The best advice I can give is choose your parents wisely.

I continue to develop some things for myself and also take advantage of good parts as they come along.

I like working. It is where I feel useful. I have no plans to cut down. I am happy with what I do. There will be a lot more of me yet, that's for sure.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

What I hate is the loss of anonymity.

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

I found out that drama was a fascinating exercise as a way to get out of my self and into somebody else's head.

An actor only has his own understanding and experience to work with.

Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was understood by the rest of the world.

I need a challenge. I need the intellectual stimulation. I'm a member of a community on each film, working in concert to try to bring an idea to life. It's a great job.

When I first started out, I was a bad actor.

People need to see what's going on, and they have to be exposed to the mechanisms that can help make it right.

Hollywood's got its own particular environment.

You don't have to hold a position to be a leader.

Sometimes you just don't like somebody

One of the most difficult things to do in life is thinking; that's why so few people engage in it.

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

Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?

I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed.

A manufacturer is not through with his customer when a sale is completed. He has then only started with his customer.

I was happier when I was doing a mechanic's job.

The most important history is the history we make today.

The great need of the world has always been for leaders. With more leaders we could have more industry. More industry, more employment and comfort for all.

A nation that knows how to work will never suffer.

Individualism is what makes cooperation worth living.

Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.

In the Ford Motor Company, we emphasize service equally with sales.

The time will come when man will know even what is going on in the other planets and perhaps be able to visit them.

The average man won't really do a day's work unless he is caught and cannot get out of it. There is plenty of work to do if people would do it.

Money doesn't change men. It merely unmasks them.

I regarded our progress merely as an invitation to do more - as an indication that we had reached a place where we might begin to perform a real service.