"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."

"Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives."

"When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness... I was right."

"What I wanted to do was work with kids with behavioral and emotional handicaps. It's a puzzle, learning each child, because each child is different."

"A stitch in time would have confused Einstein."

"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."

"What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?"

"A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor."

"Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean."

"If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms."

"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit."