"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it.

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.

I never have lunch because it makes me foggy-headed.

Succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake.

If you run into trouble doing what's expected, people sympathize with you, while if you try something else and flop everyone says, You see?

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.