Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an ebbing sea. John Ford More Quotes by John Ford More Quotes From John Ford Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. John Ford eyephotographyart You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. John Ford honestymotivationalinspirational I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. John Ford takenfishingwar I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism. John Ford filmsimpledirectors When in doubt, make a western. John Ford when-in-doubtwesterndoubt I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then. John Ford dewmushroomsheaven Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry? John Ford taleshollywoodfilm To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them. John Ford bluntartistpay Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens John Ford heartrunninglife Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart. John Ford slavehonestheart Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters. John Ford evilmonstersmen A bachelor May thrive by observation on a little, A single life's no burthen: but to draw In yokes is chargeable, and will require A double maintenance. John Ford single-lifemaintenanceyoke The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. John Ford eyephotographpeople I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them. John Ford love-makingtalking Physicians are the cobblers, rather the botchers, of men's bodies; as the one patches our tattered clothes, so the other solders our diseased flesh. John Ford physiciansclothesmen What is done, is done: Spend not the time in tears, but seek for justice. John Ford tearsdonejustice Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease. John Ford diseasebodymind Busy opinion is an idle fool. John Ford foolopinionbusy Revenge proves itself to be its own executioner. John Ford executionersprove-itrevenge The joys of marriage are the heaven on earth, Life's paradise, great princess, the soul's quiet, Sinews of concord, earthly immortality, Eternity of pleasures. John Ford earth-lifeprincessjoy
