What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You have to set yourself on fire.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Within the 24 hours, make some time for your own work.

Show me someone without problems and I will show you someone who is dead.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

I have a deal with a company that's going to do cards without the gum. I don't like sugarless gum, and I don't think it's much better for you.

Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live.

Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes.

And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair.

Recovery is a bit like an addiction; you take it day by day. If you set yourself too many goalposts, you'll have problems.