Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me.

If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

Three stages of truth for scientists: It's not true. If it is true, it's not very important. We knew it all along.

We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow.

You may assume infinite ignorance and unlimited intelligence.

Even if we accept, as the basic tenet of true democracy, that one moron is equal to one genius, is it necessary to go a further step and hold that two morons are better than one genius?

Do not destroy what you cannot create.

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.

If one knows only what one is told, one does not know enough to be able to arrive at a well-balanced decision.

A scientist's aim in a discussion with his colleagues is not to persuade, but to clarify.

I'm looking for a market for wisdom.

People feared what they did not understand, and they without a doubt did not understand her. Those who believed they did least of all. She was something new.

Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could.

If I'm going to have baked goods in the morning, the rule is that I have to make them myself.

In my experience, God rarely makes our fear disappear. Instead, he asks us to be strong and take courage.

There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.

I want to create. I think thats the one word I can grow on.

In my own deepening understanding of myself I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well. The better I am at self-care the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.

Serious journalism need not be solemn.

Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.