With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

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

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said.

There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Please all, and you will please none.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there