Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.

The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

Art is a mystery. A mystery is something immeasurable.

The end crowneth the work.

Happiness is speechless.

You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.

Some people can touch your life for a brief moment but will leave an imprint for a lifetime.

It's really thrilling to work with an illustrator - your vision expands with the addition of someone else's artwork/artistic vision.

Quality is a choice. Choose to make it better.

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.