Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it's the fast fish which eats the slow fish.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere.

Editing is just ongoing. I don't count drafts, or know what would fully constitute a draft. But I try to fix as I go. And there's always more to fix.

moral codes and standards in our societies very rarely apply to all people equally. This is the most damning proof of how immoral such codes and standards really are.

A person's behavior is rational if it is in his best interests, given his information

Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.

Charles Barkley was a big teddy bear.

Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.