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

If a man has wealth, he has to make a choice, because there is the money heaping up. He can keep it together in a bunch, and then leave it for others to administer after he is dead. Or he can get it into action and have fun, while he is still alive. I prefer getting it into action and adapting it to human needs, and making the plan work.

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

You push the button, we do the rest.

Philologically, the word Kodak is as meaningless as a child's first goo. Terse, abrupt to the point of rudeness, literally bitten off by firm and unyielding consonants at both ends, it snaps like a camera shutter in your face. What more would one ask. (Explaining why he named his company Kodak.)

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

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