Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.