Don't I ever do anything else but take soulful walks down the Bayswater Road, I thought, as I walked soulfully down the Baywater Road.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Like our muscles, our thinking power grows when we struggle.

When destiny is calling even the deaf can hear him.

Ionizing smoke detectors unnaturally raise the background radiation levels in the human environment.

Primitive does not mean stupid.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It's a good thing we have museums to document that.

Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.

Creativity, my students learn, is as natural a function of the mind as breathing or digestion are natural functions of the body.

Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.

You have learn to hire a management team, you have to learn how to manage You have to want success so badly that you learn how to manage.