Quotes About George Eastman

#1. George Eastman, "My work is done why wait?" He then shot himself.

George Eastman

#2. the reason for God's keeping some for himself and rejecting others is to be sought nowhere but in God himself. When

John Calvin

#3. It is a medical fact that children can have a better chance in life with better looks, better health and more vigor if the teeth, nose, throat and mouth are taken proper care of at the crucial time of childhood.

George Eastman

#4. Cake is the only thing that matters.

Allie Brosh

#5. Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?

Michael Leunig

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

George Eastman

#7. Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

George Eastman

#8. Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.

Wes Fesler

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

George Eastman

#10. You push the button, we do the rest.

George Eastman

#11. Become the person you were meant to be, light your inner fire and follow your heart's desire.

Leon Brown

#12. 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.)

George Eastman

#13. Some rules, boy, are meant to be broken. That is where the skill lies, of any true leader; deciding which rules should be broken and which should be kept intact.

Bella Forrest

#14. Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.

Ridley Scott

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

George Eastman

#16. To my friends: My work is done. Why wait? (suicide note)

George Eastman

#17. War consisteth not in battle only,or the act of fighting;but in a tract of time,wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known

Thomas Hobbes

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

George Eastman

#19. 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.

George Eastman

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

George Eastman

#21. I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music is absolutely essential to our community life.

George Eastman

#22. Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.

Christopher Hitchens

#23. Birds of a feather always ended up sticking together.

Rosa Montero

#24. But...was he flirting?
Hmm.
Not sure what I thought of that. A nice office flirt did make the day go faster, but Adam was my boss, not to mention an annoying one, and I was nothing if not professional.
Snort. Yeah. That made me laugh too.

Camilla Chafer

#25. Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead.
Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief
Shore his old thread in twain.

William Shakespeare

#26. The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

George Eastman

#27. The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

George Eastman

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

George Eastman