A research problem is not solved by apparatus; it is solved in a man's head.

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.

here is a great difference between knowing a thing and understanding it. You can know a lot and not really understand anything.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

If you're doing something the same way you have been doing it for ten years, the chances are you are doing it wrong.

It is your future that really matters.

The work is plentiful but the labours are few.

I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.

The biggest thing for me is the new music. I'm playing a lot of new music that is not released yet on my tours. Seeing the reaction to that is super inspiring.

Either we will spend our lives trying to take care of ourselves or we will let go and let God take care of us as we put our faith and trust in Him.

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

A typewriter is a means of transcribing thought, not expressing it.

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.

Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.

THE NAME OF THE WIND marks the debut of a writer we would all do well to watch. Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.