Henry Ford

I foresee the time when industry shall no longer denude the forests which require generations to mature, nor use up the mines which were ages in making, but shall draw its raw material largely from the annual produce of the fields. I am convinced that we shall be able to get out of yearly crops most of the basic materials which we now get from forest and mine.

Mark my word: A combination airplane and motor car is coming.

Faith is one of the most effective tools in the human equipment. I believe that faith works.

If the boss stands in the way of men getting what they earn, he is not fit to be boss.

The sense of injustice, more than the unjust condition itself, is what wears on men’s minds.

But to do for the world more than the world does for you, that is Success.

[On being partners with Laura Nyro in Tuna Fish Music (Laura’s favorite food was Tuna Fish)] We became partners in this new publishing company.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

In New York and Los Angeles, you can throw your car keys to the valet and he parks it. Same in Hong Kong and Singapore, the service is off the scale. In London it’s sub-standard to abysmal.

London has got better as it’s become more international – you only have to look at the quality of the restaurants to see how improved it’s become.

Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.

As far as competition is concerned, that must continue. But we must learn what competition really is. It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

If you need a machine and don’t buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don’t have it.

Should I give up my career at this point in my life… and put all my marbles in Laura’s [Nyro] basket?

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Building a brand may be more important than building a business.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.

Only a fool never changes his mind.

The union organizers are asking us to sit still while it sells our men the jobs that have always been free.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Profits are not financial-they’re social. Everybody profits from industry. Politicians don’t understand profits because they can pay bills out of taxation.

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.