People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest.

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

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.

My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it.