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

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.

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

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

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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

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