My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….

There is no subsitute for hard work.

Ideas without execution are hallucinations.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Religion is all bunk.

For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.