Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't.

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

The United States is like a gigantic boiler. Once the fire is lit under it, there's no limit to the power it can generate.

You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can give the tone or colour, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievable simply. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them nervous, become nervous yourself...It's as simple as that. People will treat you as you treat them. It's no secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.

I am very glad there are quite a number of people born with a gift and a liking for all of this; like great chessplayers who play sixteen games at once blindfold and die quite soon of epilepsy. Serve them right! I hope the Mathematicians, however, are well rewarded. I promise never to blackleg their profession nor take the bread out of their mouths.

It may be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.