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> [Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever existed as a person. They think I am a nonperson, just a name that signifies a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/many-of-the-younger-generation-know-my-name-in-a-vague-way-and/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

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## More by Rube Goldberg

> [“Professor Butts walks in his sleep, strolls through a cactus field in his bare feet, and screams out an idea for a self-operating napkin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/professor-butts-walks-in-his-sleep-strolls-through-a-cactus-field-in/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/it-just-happened-that-the-public-happened-to-uh-appreciate-the/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/and-uh-i-ve-got-about-six-thousand-cartoons-up-there-also-books-and/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/and-i-uh-i-wonder-how-anybody-can-think-his-personality-changes-with/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [Uh, I just had an operation last March which was rather serious and I'm recuperating now. I'm on a very bland diet. But, uh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/uh-i-just-had-an-operation-last-march-which-was-rather-serious-and-i/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/and-uh-i-m-glad-that-i-still-have-my-hands-and-my-eyes-to-work-with/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/naturally-i-m-conservative-i-m-a-republican-i-always-was/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/and-during-my-college-at-the-end-of-the-junior-year-i-worked-in-a-mine/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/i-i-don-t-think-anybody-s-continually-happy-uh-except-idiots-you-know/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [Many of the younger generation know my name in a vague way and connect it with grotesque inventions, but don't believe that I ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/many-of-the-younger-generation-know-my-name-in-a-vague-way-and/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [Yeah, yeah. I, I don't think I'm always right. But I don't think young people are always right, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/yeah-yeah-i-i-don-t-think-i-m-always-right-but-i-don-t-think-young/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/i-didn-t-write-because-in-the-corps-i-took-mining-engineering-of-all/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [I didn't have any real art training, but when I was about twelve nad thirteen, another boy and I went to a sign painter's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/i-didn-t-have-any-real-art-training-but-when-i-was-about-twelve-nad/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/and-uh-i-did-that-and-there-was-nothing-more-ridiculous-to-me-than/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

> [When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rube-goldberg/when-i-did-sports-cartoons-i-used-to-uh-go-to-fights/)

[Rube Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rube-goldberg/)

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