At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

Without risks my friends there is no progress, no advancement either in science or technology.

At the fringe edge of advancement it's a war of anarchy and chaos.

If I put my name on something, I'm going to be involved. I'm not just going to put my name on it and not pay attention.

I'm always trepidatious and excited about what I do. I wouldn't choose to do something, unless I am really excited about it.

Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult.

Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.

If you can't keep your hands off your girlfriend, then keep your hands off of God's daughter.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

I never thought anything about age. I believed sincerely and still do, that there’s nothing I cannot do. I believe that all the power in the universe is right inside me.

I don't think I knew any of my father's friends - male friends - by their real names. I remember them only by their nicknames.