Seeming to do is not doing.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.

I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.

I have determined that there is no market for talking pictures

None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.