Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters.

[on education] It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

If you don't take it for granted that the other man will do his job, you're not an executive.

The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.

We all know that the nation can't divide more than the people produce, but as individuals we try to get more than our share and that's how we get ahead.