All inventors, they say, are a little mad. I reckon that only completely sane people are willing to admit they are slightly crazy.

The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress.

Visionaries and dreamers have always been dusted with a little oddity.

As long as you've got slightly more perception than the average wrapped loaf, you could invent something.

But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat.

That was the Alka-Seltzer moment, the moment when the tablet hits the water and begins to fizz.

Invention isn't some impenetrable brand of magic; anyone can have a go.

A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt.

Do what gives you a buzz.

I'd work eighteen-hour stretches and fall asleep in my clothes. Then I'd wake up in the middle of the night, brew a pot of tea, and start work again. I was tired, but work had become pure enjoyment.

I was on automatic pilot; ideas for gadgets kept coming, fed by a force of energy flowing through me and around me.

There are better people in the world, do not let the worst do the worst to you, you deserve the best in life.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.

Capitalism is the key to survival.

Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job.

I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It's so natural for a woman to open up her mirror and apply lipstick

Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more together. But here in quiet happiness we part.

I actually do a lot of Pilates and try to hike every day that I'm home. Also, I dance SO much in my shows and at rehearsals!

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours.