It's quite unfortunate how some people would like you when you are barely making ends meet, but would hate you with a passion if you start to do well.

Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe records of men's watch upon the world and on themselves.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

A lot of people think that all the things that could be invented have been invented. But we are just on the frontier of discovery and invention. It's a very exciting time.

I call it extreme vetting right? Extreme vetting. I want extreme. It's going to be so tough, and if somebody comes in that's fine but they're going to be good. It's extreme.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

I know that a mother, no matter how impoverished or uneducated, will do anything to save her babies.

I don't wait for inspiration. I'm not, in fact, quite sure what inspiration is, but I'm sure that if it is going to turn up, my having started work is the precondition of its arrival.