We all know about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the oyster.

This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.

To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.

Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.

I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.