Is it not demonstrated that a true flying machine, self-raising, self-sustaining, self-propelling, is physically impossible?

The essential thing is not knowledge, but character.

It is true that the trees are for human use. But these are aesthetic uses as well as commercial uses-uses for the spiritual wealth of all, as well as the material wealth of some.

Life is a journey filled with experiences but without the experiences, there will be no life.

Without risks my friends there is no progress, no advancement either in science or technology.

When a politician spends a million on himself, we rally and call him a thief. But when a cardinal spends the same amount on his attire, we kneel down and kiss his hand.

While Zinoviev is in the majority he is for iron discipline.... When he is in the minority... he is against it.

In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid.

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Life is not linear, it is organic. We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help create for us

Music is always a part of my characters' make-up.

I don't rate them, I just hit them.