You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

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

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

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.

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

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

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

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.

Nothing is black or white.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.