"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?"

"His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof."

"Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates."

"My wife is Dutch and very independent. She never wanted or needed to be married."

"Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you."

"Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flamethrower."

"Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends."