Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

The man who has faith in logic is always cuckolded by reality.

The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.

There is no life without struggle.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

I was trapped in admiration for what I had once admired, as a fly in amber remains the captive of some long-vanished pine.

The seed dies into a new life, and so does man.

You want me to say something? Okay. Sometimes I think I am what you made me. And sometimes I don’t know who I am at all. And either way I’m not happy.

Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.

We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.