It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Only those with no memory insist on their originality.