One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

If a girl thinks she isn't beautiful, I'm here to prove her wrong.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

I didn't have any pets growing up.

Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.

Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.

The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges on western outposts.

You don't have to be afraid because we're all the same

The finger that turns the dial rules the air.