The thing that most people call 'genius' I do not believe in.

One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.

The thing that most people call 'genius' I do not believe in.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

If you must be a glutton, be a glutton for work.

I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.

I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works.