We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly.

My business is to prevent the future.

Work is the only answer. I have three rules to live by. One, get your work done. If that doesn't work, shut up and drink your gin. And when all else fails, run like hell!

Fire the doubters out of your life.

There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.

The ability to fantasize is the ability to survive, and the ability to fantasize is the ability to grow

I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!