An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the art.

All our civilization is based on invention; before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves.

Standardization does not produce although admirable as an efficiency method.

[In relation to business:] Invention must be its keynote-a steady progression from one thing to another. As each in turn approaches a saturated market, something new must be produced.

Personality and salesmanship do not produce except in the competitive sense.

To change reality, change your thoughts and perceptions.

America is a country ready to be taken - in fact, longing to be taken - by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.

You are responsible for the world that you live in.

Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you know it.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

I think we just have to become more consistent.

Essentially, mythologies are enormous poems that are renditions of insights, giving some sense of the marvel, the miracle and wonder of life.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It's very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.