With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Young heads take example of the ancient.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

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.

We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.

Freedom is from within.

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.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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.

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

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

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

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