In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

I think a draft produces a better Army than the one we would have with all volunteers, because I think you get average Americans if you have a draft. And if it's an all-volunteer Army, you get people who join up because of some problem in their own lives. They don't have anything else to do, they don't have a job, or they can't find what they want to do, so they join the Army. And it doesn't produce the best Army.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business.

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.