How few people will realize how much detail had to be gone into before Bakelite was a commercial success.

Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930

Well, it was kind of an accident, because plastic is not what I meant to invent. I had just sold photograph paper to Eastman Kodak for 1 million dollars.

In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899.

I also served on many government committees.

Normality is the new eccentric.

For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.

If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!

For me, it is important to not just tell the audience how the story ended today, but to give a glimpse into how other people's stories might go on, in the future.

Ideas are easy. I've never met a single person who didn't think they had a world class idea. The hard part is making it a business.

I listen to my own heart, stand for only that. That's it.

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

You left ground and sky weeping, mind and soul full of grief. No one can take your place in existence or in absence.