Gerald R Ford Inspirational Quotes (81)

I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.

We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas potentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.

The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

I was dumbfounded by the stupidity of the Watergate break-in.

It's more like it is now than it ever has been.

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion — or you shall learn nothing.

Too often critics seem more intent on seeking new ways to alter Congress than to truly learn how it functions. They might well profit from the advice of Thomas Huxley, who said a century ago: Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notionor you shall learn nothing.