No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the introduction of a more comprehensive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or performed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles

I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space.

The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power.

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of.

There ain't no Coupe Deville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jacks box.

Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die.

But, however many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead, or rather not alive.

My soul is that of a drummer.... I didn't do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.