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John Ford quotes: They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings.

They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings.

John Ford quotes: He hath shook hands with time.

He hath shook hands with time.

John Ford quotes: Revenge proves its own executioner.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

John Ford quotes: Sister, look ye, How, by a new creation of my tailor's I've shook off old mortality.

Sister, look ye, How, by a new creation of my tailor's I've shook off old mortality.

John Ford quotes: Honour, How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee!

Honour, How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee!

John Ford quotes: When in doubt, make a western.

When in doubt, make a western.

John Ford quotes: Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkensReason, confounds discretion; deaf to CounselIt runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

Love is the tyrant of the heart; it darkens
Reason, confounds discretion; deaf to Counsel
It runs a headlong course to desperate madness.

John Ford quotes: Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest-threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth

Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest-threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth

John Ford quotes: Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

John Ford quotes: Titles of honor add not to his worth, who is himself an honor of his titles.

Titles of honor add not to his worth, who is himself an honor of his titles.

John Ford quotes: Alas, poor gentleman,He look'd not like the ruins of his youthBut like the ruins of those ruins.

Alas, poor gentleman,
He look'd not like the ruins of his youth
But like the ruins of those ruins.

John Ford quotes: I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them.

I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them.

John Ford quotes: Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.

Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.

John Ford quotes: Most of the good things in pictures happen by accident

Most of the good things in pictures happen by accident

John Ford quotes: You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

John Ford quotes: Love is a tyrant, resisted.

Love is a tyrant, resisted.

John Ford quotes: Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease.

Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease.

John Ford quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

Who better than an Irishman can understand the Indians, while still being stirred by tales of the US cavalry?

John Ford quotes: I am ... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

I am ... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

John Ford quotes: Whilst we strive To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.

Whilst we strive To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.

John Ford quotes: Truth is child of Time.

Truth is child of Time.

John Ford quotes: Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

John Ford quotes: Not only does God play dice with the universe, He's using loaded dice.

Not only does God play dice with the universe, He's using loaded dice.

John Ford quotes: It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.

John Ford quotes: How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

John Ford quotes: Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.

Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.

John Ford quotes: Revenge proves itself to be its own executioner.

Revenge proves itself to be its own executioner.

John Ford quotes: Love is dead; let lovers' eyes,Locked in endless dreams,The extremes of all extremes,Ope no more, for now Love dies.

Love is dead; let lovers' eyes,
Locked in endless dreams,
The extremes of all extremes,
Ope no more, for now Love dies.