Note the individual and subjective nature of each case. No two are alike and there is no reason to expect them to be. Each man or woman must find for himself or herself that occupation in which hard work and long hours make him or her happy. Contrariwise, if you are looking for shorter hours and longer vacations and early retirement, you are in the wrong job. Perhaps you need to take up bank robbing. Or geeking in a sideshow. Or even politics.

The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people who count.

A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and the managers define what is 'irresponsible'.

There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

We each have a moral obligation to conserve and preserve beauty in this world; there is none to waste.

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.