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Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor born on July 4, 1883. He is famous for creating humorous cartoons depicting complex machines designed to perform simple tasks in overly complicated ways. The term "Rube Goldberg machine" has become synonymous with such contraptions. His work has influenced popular culture and inspired generations of inventors and artists. Rube Goldberg passed away on December 7, 1970, but his legacy of creativity and humor continues to be celebrated.
"And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with."
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"And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with."

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"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 feel that I'm just the same person as I always was."
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"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 feel that I'm just the same person as I always was."

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"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 how much the earth weighed."
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"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 how much the earth weighed."

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"I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression."
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"I, I don't think anybody's continually happy, uh, except idiots, you know. You know, you have to have little moments of depression."

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"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, I'm lucky, I was just lucky, that's all."
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"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, I'm lucky, I was just lucky, that's all."

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"And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine."
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"And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine."

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"Yeah, yeah. I, I don't think I'm always right. But I don't think young people are always right, either."
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"Yeah, yeah. I, I don't think I'm always right. But I don't think young people are always right, either."

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"It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things."
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"It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things."

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"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 house every Friday night and took lessons."
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"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 house every Friday night and took lessons."

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"And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers."
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"And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers."

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"Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was."
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"Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was."

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"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 a sort of an illiterate."
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"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 a sort of an illiterate."

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"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."
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"When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights."

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