They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.