The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

The mathematicians are the priests of the modern world.

Be yourself, DO NOT ACT.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

Persistence of action comes from persistence of vision.

DAD (Decide-Announce-Defend) remains the order of the day, with only a few inspiring models of EDD (Engage-Deliberate-Decide) available to us to demonstrate how very different things could be.

the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.

I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.

There's always a danger of writers believing their own publicity. We live in a world of puff and solicited blurb, a world of favours and backscratching.

Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig.

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.