We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their character. Reflecting on the outcome of World War I, and an ominous future.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself.