George Eastman Quotes

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

  George Eastman

  Reputation, Lives Of Others, Good Reputation

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  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

  Photography, Creativity, Keys

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

  George Eastman

  Inspirational, Leisure, Hours

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• 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

  Photography, Memories, Light

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• The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

  George Eastman

  Progress, World, Depends

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

  George Eastman

  Fall, Moving, Accomplishment

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• You push the button, we do the rest.

  George Eastman

  Inspirational, Photography, Buttons

  "Picture of a pioneer" by Nicholas Bannister, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2000.

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• 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

  Mean, Men, Giving

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

  George Eastman

  Believe, Men, Waiting

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

  George Eastman

  Suicide, Work, Suicidal

  "Chronicles of a second African trip".

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• Light makes photography. Embrace light.

  George Eastman

  Photography, Light, Photographer

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• 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

  Children, Unyielding, Faces

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

  George Eastman

  Giving, Sound, Dimes

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

  George Eastman

  Men, Pie, Mutts

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• 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

  Nice, Believe, Thinking

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• 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.

  George Eastman

  Fun, Men, Choices

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• I get more results for my money than in any other philanthropic scheme. 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

  Children, Taken, Childhood

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