Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.

The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

You aren't just the age you are. You are all the ages you ever have been!

Growing up in that house sucks so badly and when my brother leaves I break down and cry because I don't want him to leave, but I know that he has to have a life of his own

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very

When you spend your life taking care of mudmen, you can't help getting a little dirty yourself.

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites ihay be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.

To a writer, an open browser tab is like a glass of whiskey. 1 or 2 can help the work. Too many ensures that nothing gets done.

Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time.

Life is not dependent upon our classifications and our categories, our science. But we are. We find it interesting and helpful.

If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.

I get a lot of "Shut up, Matilda." I probably get as many "Shut up, Matildas" as Wil Wheaton gets "Shut up, Wesleys." That was an actual line on his show, though.

Let all your thinks be thanks.