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

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

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

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

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

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

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.