No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Genius is eternal patience.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

Advertising is legalized lying.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

Kill my boss? Do I dare live out the American dream?

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

What one has to do usually can be done.