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

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

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

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

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.

Photography is thus brought within reach of every human being who desires to preserve a record of what he sees… and enables the fortunate possessor to go back by the light of his own fireside to scenes which would otherwise fade from memory and be lost.

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