I object to people running down the future. I am going to live all the rest of my life there.

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.

The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.

here is a great difference between knowing a thing and understanding it. You can know a lot and not really understand anything.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

If you're doing something the same way you have been doing it for ten years, the chances are you are doing it wrong.

Above all shadows rides the Sunand Stars for ever dwell:I will not say the Day is done, nor bid the Stars farewell.

The purpose of life is to be happy and then spread the fragrance of happiness to enhance the beauty of life.

Unlike cheap stocks, inexpensive asset classes have a lower chance of big drawdowns (broad asset classes don't go to zero) and a higher probability of average or better returns.

Syrians have a national identity beyond the sectarian divide. Syria's national identity would be weaker and poorer if it didn't have this beautiful pluralism between Arabs, Kurds, and sects.

Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.

I must say, I am thrilled with my fan base. For some reason some of them are quite young, so they are quite frightened.

This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].

I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.

I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds.

When the wind is right, a faint odor of kerosene is exhaled from Senator McCarthy.