"It is easier to win than to fail. Everybody sides with the winner. But the failure walks alone."

"It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end."

"Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul."

"The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it."

"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."

"You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself."

"False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness."

"It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree."