The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should not be applied at all. But you must start somewhere.

Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.

What kind of people do they [the Japanese] think we are?

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.