I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

I'd rather talk to people who do things than complain about other people who do things. I say they're idiots.

Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity to learn something.

Privacy and loneliness were the traditional luxuries accorded to a skipper.

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.