It is very, very hard to do that ballroom dancing and I am going to be nowhere near it. Now if you have a hot dog eating contest, call me.

Good grooming is integral, and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

You don't have to work for a big corporation if you don't want to.

Life is a cruel teacher. She loves to give you the test first and the lesson later.

Success is waking up every day and doing what you want to do

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much of a profit can be made.

I do today what people won't, so I achieve tomorrow what other people can't.

In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.

It takes the same energy to think small as it does to think big. So dream big and think bigger.

If you aren't living your dreams then you're living your fears.

Everyone has an idea, but it’s taking those first steps toward turning that idea into a reality that are always the toughest.

...the holy men sat in an atmospherereeking of antiquity, so thick with thedust of ages that you can't see through it--nor can they.

Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to come.

You will find the peace, not by looking outside, but by changing your thoughts, feelings and perception inside.

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

I think our danger is that we talk one thing, and we feel and act another thing.

Italian authorities seized $6 trillion worth of fake, worthless U.S. Treasury bonds. Pretty good counterfeit job, too. They look just like the genuine, worthless Treasury bonds.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will.

Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.

I want people to know that I'm a force to be reckoned with.

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well.