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

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.

The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

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

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.

Some negative things in life will never change, but try not to let them change you.

I'd rather reminisce about old memories I had with true people than record the moments I have with fake people

I'm naive enough to think that love is always good no matter how long ago, no matter the circumstances.

When you're sequencing a record, you want the listener to stick with it from beginning to end, and in order to do that, you really have to map out the journey from the first song to the last.

If you want ACTION, don’t write. Go and tell the guy what you want.

It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing-room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home.

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.

One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is also, when you get right down to it, only human.