The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

Suicide note. "To my friends. My work is done why wait?"

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

You push the button, we do the rest.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts.

The more you do, the more you realize there is to do, what a vast object the metropolis is, and how the work of photographing could go on forever.

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology

From perfect grief there need not beWisdom or even memory;One thing then learned remains to me -The woodspurge has a cup of three.

But when the conquered spirit breaks free And indicates a new light Who'll take care of the cats?

Around the mighty master came The marvels which his pencil wrought, Those miracles of power whose fame Is wide as human thought.

This thing in society that you have to be a stick will always be in my mind, but that's just something I have to deal with.

I use emacs, which might be thought of as a thermonuclear word processor.

You don't make solo albums to have hits.

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there's a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.