Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

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.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

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

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.