Prophecy

In the year 2024 the most important single thing which the cinema will have helped to accomplish will be that of eliminating from the face of civilized world all armed conflict. With the use of the universal language of motion pictures the true meaning of the brotherhood of man will have been established throughout the Earth ... All men are created equal.
    -- D.W. Griffith, 1924
      (Director of "Birth Of A Nation", adapted from the novel The Klansmen)
Music will always be the voice of the silent drama. There will never be speaking pictures.
    -- D.W. Griffith, 1924
Alright D.W., take three...

Stupidity got us into this mess - why can't it get us out?
   Will Rogers

What we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
   Sam Goldwyn

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.
   Sam Goldwyn

You've got to take the bull by the teeth
   Sam Goldwyn