Claude M. Bristol

Like all things vast and beautiful, I want to know the depths of which you exist. It has never been enough to wade in the shallows.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.

I am what I am Are you what you are or What?

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’

It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, take the calculated risk, and take action!

This is the only reason Greenfield Village exists-to give us a sense of unity with our people through the generations, and to convey the inspiration of American genius to our young men. As a nation we have not depended so much on rare or occasional genius as on the general resourcefulness of our people. That is our true genius, and I am hoping that Greenfield Village will serve that.

Coaching your wife is like trying to baptize a cat.

Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for.

I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.

Worry is the most wasteful thing in the world.