Amateurs hope. Professionals work.

There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.

I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.

As is the case with all original creators, Charles Chaplin's working life was an amalgam of arrogant self-confidence and deflating self-doubt.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

Amateur feed on hope. Professionals work.

The use of talent is far more important than the possession of talent.

In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first.

Amateurs hope. Professional work.

Whenever I'm asked what college I attended I'm tempted to reply Thornton Wilder'.

In a professional once engaged the performance of the job comes first.

I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors.

Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow.

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

Ubiquity must never be mistaken for biology.

The stars in the heavens sing a music, if only we had ears to hear

It is vital that our work be grounded in the evidence and thus accepted by the public.

I'm always embarrassed when people say that I'm courageous. Soldiers are courageous. Policemen are courageous. Firemen are courageous. I just have a thick hide and disregard what silly people say.

A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a product of his love.

Find yourself. Be with yourself. Fail and then achieve.

Every responsible chief in the CIA knows that the more covert the action, the greater the need for a clear policy and a defined target.