Sydney, look at me.' He rested his hands on the car roof and leaned in. 'No one is going to hurt you. Do you know why?' She shook her head, and Victor smiled. 'Because I'll hurt them first.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it's the fast fish which eats the slow fish.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

To me one of the amazing technologies of writing is the way it can listen in on thoughts. I don't feel that that's natural to other art forms in the same way.

Metal is easily my favorite thing - Exodus and Anthrax and Megadeth - so it just kind of organically came through in the standup act.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

People will often say "You can't change other people." My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false.

If I could snap my fingers and be nonautistic, I would not. Autism is part of what I am.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.