I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.