Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

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

I'll always be poor in my mind.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

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

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

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.