Chartacter Quotes

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something

more interesting than sex.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is

the only guardian of true liberty.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Stay focused on your goals,

no matter the distractions.

The best minds are not in government.

If any were,

business would hire them away.

Empty your mind, be formless,

shapeless—like water.

I am rather inclined to silence.

I don’t need the world to believe in me;

I believe in myself.

If I have seen further,

it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances

communication has profound effects.

Great spirits have always

encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

There are only two

lasting bequests we can

hope to give our children

One of these is roots,

the other, wings.

The charm of fishing is that

it is the pursuit of what is

elusive but attainable

a perpetual series of

occasions for hope.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

I'm a black American,

I am proud of my race.

I am proud of who I am.

I have a lot of pride and dignity.

It's not that I'm so smart,

it's just that I stay with problems longer.

I’m always looking for something new and exciting.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion.

You must set yourself on fire.

Vulnerability is strength,

not weakness.