I regarded our progress merely as an invitation to do more - as an indication that we had reached a place where we might begin to perform a real service.

History's just one darn thing after another.

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

I see no advantage in these new clocks. They run no faster than the ones made 100 years ago.

There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.

The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its people.

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.