If you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Your blessings lay beyond your fear.

And then, for an old man like me, it's not exactly right,This kind o' playing soldier with no enemy in sight.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

In the year 2000 you're going to have a problem...Leisure time will be a problem in the year 2000. I just want you to realize, I just want to make sure that you know of it now.

I'm the worst person to tell anybody how to date.

To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

I don't think anyone wants to cuddle a zombie.

We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.

I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.