As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

A lie never lives to be old.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.

What is to give light must endure burning.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

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

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.

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

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

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