--- title: "1 Hadst Thou Quotes By John Ford" description: "1 Hadst Thou quotes by John Ford. Plus more from John Ford and more Hadst Thou sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg" --- > [Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an ebbing sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-could-command-the-course-of/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg) ## More by John Ford > [Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/anybody-can-direct-a-picture-once-they-know-the-fundamentals/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Physicians are the cobblers, rather the botchers, of men's bodies; as the one patches our tattered clothes, so the other solders our diseased flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/physicians-are-the-cobblers-rather-the-botchers-of-men-s-bodies-as/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/the-main-thing-about-directing-is-photograph-the-people-s-eyes/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-could-command-the-course-of/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Sister, look ye, How, by a new creation of my tailor's I've shook off old mortality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/sister-look-ye-how-by-a-new-creation-of-my-tailor-s-i-ve-shook-off/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [It is easier to get an actor to be a cowboy than to get a cowboy to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/it-is-easier-to-get-an-actor-to-be-a-cowboy-than-to-get-a-cowboy-to/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Delay in vengeance delivers a heavier blow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/delay-in-vengeance-delivers-a-heavier-blow/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [What is done, is done: Spend not the time in tears, but seek for justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/what-is-done-is-done-spend-not-the-time-in-tears-but-seek-for-justice/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Tis as manlike to bear extremities as godlike to forgive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/tis-as-manlike-to-bear-extremities-as-godlike-to-forgive/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Love is dead; let lovers' eyes, Locked in endless dreams, The extremes of all extremes, Ope no more, for now Love dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/love-is-dead-let-lovers-eyes-locked-in-endless-dreams-the-extremes-of/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/they-are-the-silent-griefs-which-cut-the-heart-strings/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/you-can-speak-well-if-your-tongue-can-deliver-the-message-of-your/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/melancholy-is-not-as-you-conceive-indisposition-of-body-but-the-mind/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/i-like-as-a-director-and-a-spectator-simple-direct-frank-films/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) > [“Lost, I am Lost! My fates have doomed my death. The more I strive, I love; the more I love, The less I hope.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/lost-i-am-lost-my-fates-have-doomed-my-death-the-more-i-strive-i-love/) [John Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ford/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hadst-thou/john-ford/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hadst Thou Quotes By John Ford", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an ebbing sea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ford/why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-could-command-the-course-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been…” — John Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hadst-thou/john-ford/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hadst-thou/john-ford/", "name": "Hadst Thou Quotes by John Ford", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hadst-thou/john-ford/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/john-ford-14442_command_why-i-hold-fate-clasped-in-my-fist-and-c_371933.jpg" }, "description": "1 Hadst Thou quotes by John Ford. 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