A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep

A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him.

Do I look evil? I can't do evil. I can barely pull off dangerous.

I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.

Some autistic people may emerge from their condition, but nobody knows when and why.

Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole other area that you wouldn't have gone to intentionally.

You have a power of incalculable value. You need ask nothing of anyone. You need depend on no one. You are free, and that freedom is a gift.

My whole concept in life is if you're not using it, you should give it to somebody else so they can use it.

I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

I'm used to watching old movies of myself.

I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded.

The world you perceive is made of consciousness; what you call matter is consciousness itself.