The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.

A boy comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.

No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along.

Greatness is not a measure of how great you are but how great others came to be because of you

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.

Losers are winners who quit,...even if you lose...you still win...if you don't quit.

Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently.

Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.

Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

The punch that knocks a man out is the punch that he doesn't see.

There is no such thing as a natural puncher. There is a natural aptitude for punching and that is different. Nobody is born the best. You have to practice and train to become the best.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

When into the womb of time everything is again withdrawn chaos will be restored and chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.

lonely people are always up in the middle of the night.

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.

We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities might well be gone.

In a sense I'm glad that I've never learned how to paint.

Its not that I dont value my life. Its just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.