Scientists are a bunch of romantics.

I'm too drunk to taste this chicken

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

I've only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet. Mine hadn't.

There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

Life has played some funny tricks on me and taken me on a wild ride. How did I ever get into this wonderful mess that is my life?

You don't have to flaunt your success, but you don't have to apologize for it, either

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

Make acting seem real and as if it werent acting. Just make it real.

The more I work the happier I am.

Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.

The best compensation for doing things is the ability to do more.

It's not a question of whether the transition from old to the new goals, practices and metrics is going to happen. It's already under way.