When you discover the joy of reading, your mind opens to a world of wondrous discoveries and infinite possibilities.
Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them
Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up.
Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully.
You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.
We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.
Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.
I waited at the counter of a white restaurant for eleven years. When they finally integrated, they didn't have what I wanted.
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.
I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country.
When I was a boy, I was taught never to use insulting expressions like, 'I've been gypped,' or, 'He welshed on the deal.'
I am not saying that during the Second World War Germany did not, under the leadership of the National Socialist government, commit crimes.
I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
I have no tattoos that I regret - I have had some that I have had changed according to how my life was.
Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.
If I don't have anything to sacrifice, I don't have anything to gain. From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice.
Human reactions to robots varies by culture and changes over time. In the United States we are terrified by killer robots. In Japan people want to snuggle with killer robots.
