Archived Quotes

I find television very educating.

Every time somebody turns on the set,

I go into the other room and read a book.

Be bold,

be fearless,

and say what needs to be said.

If you have one

true friend you

have more than

your share.

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

Freedom in capitalist society always remains

about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics:

freedom for slave owners.

There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Less is more.

Where ignorance is our master,

there is no possibility of real peace.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,

it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope,

and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes

liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

Destroy this spirit and you have planted

the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

The way I dress is an extension of my personality.

The power of positive thinking can overcome anything.

The things I want to know are in books;

my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

I haven’t slept for ten days,

because that would be too long.

A table,

a chair,

a bowl of fruit and a violin;

what else does a man need to be happy?

If we knew what it was we were doing,

it would not be called research,

would it?

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care.

Don’t bend;

don’t water it down;

don’t try to make it logical;

don’t edit your own soul.