Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

There are people who say they can , others they can not . In general, they are all right .

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Disappointment is just the chance to start once more, this time all the more insightfully.

Whether you think you will succeed or not, you are right.

To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something