I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything new.

I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.

If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it.

We work day after day, not to finish things; but to make the future better ... because we will spend the rest of our lives there.

It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.