When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

I am not worried, Harry, " said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.

My pen shall heal, not hurt.

Live your life. It’s yours anyway.Don’t try too hard. It’s okay to lose.

Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space and yet nothing troubles me less.

I don't feel particularly courageous.

The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.

I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer.

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away

Currently a level of unemployment of 7% or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation.