Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is merely a symbol.
Henry FordRecords can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction.
Henry FordIt is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.
Henry FordA market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.
Henry FordThere are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.
Henry FordI don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.
Henry Ford