"It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

"I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be."

"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."

"But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions."

"Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've just got to be sure that it's a magnificent failure and that, by creating a magnificent failure, you plant the seed."

"Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement."