I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night.

I will go only so far as to say that I knew what an atom was.

As soon as she was ready for work, she called out to Eric's closed door. "Anything in particular you want for breakfast?" "Yeah, " he said, heading for the door. "But I don't think it's on the menu.

We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

There is not much new in management, but there is a lot new in business.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

Never try to wear a hat that has more character than you do.

Nature does not cocker us: we are children, not pets: she is not fond: everything is dealt to us without fear or favor, after severe universal laws.

Birds which are the same color as the foliage in which they nest are less likely to be disturbed by other birds who want to drop in and chat, and therefore last longer.

When we see our enemies and friends gliding away before us, let us not forget that we are subject to the general law of mortality, and shall soon be where our doom will be fixed forever.

I've met so many people, often the scum of the earth, and found them, you know, quite decent. I am an uncomfortable stranger to moral indignation.