Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.

I get my ideas from listening from within.

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools.

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.