The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine memory is necessarily a fine executive. But if he has the memory he has the first qualification, and if he has not the memory nothing else matters.

To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.

I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.