Alphabet Quotes

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man.

Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that,

but they don't always help you with that career path.

I’m as proud of many of the things

we haven’t done as the things we have done.

Life is about perseverance and embracing who you are.

I cannot salute the flag;

I know that I am a black man in a white world.

In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919,

I know that I never had it made.

My name is on that building.

The process of scientific discovery is,

in effect,

a continual flight from wonder.

My mother's wonderful.

To me she's perfection.

We were born to die

and we die to live.

As seedlings of God,

we barely blossom on earth;

we fully flower in heaven.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy:

am I or are the others crazy?

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity

for taking things for granted.

Waste is worse than loss.

The time is coming,

when every person who lays claim to ability,

will keep the question of waste before him constantly,

The scope of thrift is limitless.

The point the power to hurt

of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

Courage is contagious.

When a brave man takes a stand,

the spines of others are often stiffened.

The rule is perfect:

in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Before I would hurt a child,

I would slit my wrists.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Rule No. 1: Never lose money.

Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1