Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

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

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

The finest task for an Engineer – to survey, to plan, to suggest resources and material, assemble them for task in hand, implement and produce results.

It is no use saying 'we are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

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

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

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

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

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

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

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

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