No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

I built with my own hands ... a large swimming-pool which was filtered to limpidity and could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine.

Here is the answer which I will give to President Roosevelt. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Where my reason, imagination or interest were not engaged, I would not or I could not learn.

The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.