In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different.

Customers and contracts are like water and a sieve. The customer will find the largest hole and slide through it.

Architect: Someone who knows the difference between that which could be done and that which should be done.

There is a thin line between self-love and self-hate. When you are at the self-hate side, make sure to cross the line and stay away from it forever.

Fracking is different. The risks of any single well are tiny compared to a nuclear power plant. But several hundred wells? Several thousand?

There are no morals in politics there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions.

A novel must be a rich forest known at the start only by instinct.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

In today's global economy, however, it is important to raise the bar of excellence even higher. Today's students must be prepared to compete effectively on an international level.

Our conjectures pass upon us for truths; we will know what we do not know, and often, what we cannot know: so mortifying to our pride is the base suspicion of ignorance.

Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.

[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.