Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!

Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I met in the objective world.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.

The final result of too much routine is death in life.

Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.

Success is a great healer.

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

there is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.

the only revenge worth having is success.

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.

People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.

Life is always more beautiful and worth living when you are capable of enjoying the beauty of nature

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

I believe in the 20/80 rule. That's where working an extra 20% faster, harder, or smarter gets you an extra 80% of the rewards.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

One's first responsible job is the great revealer - far more than school.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.

In spite of all our speeding it's still the style to be late.

Maybe I was born to play ball. Maybe I truly was.