More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

We usually expect too much from people. Often we judge them based on their actions even as we judge ourselves based on our intentions.

Obama's plan for "change": Let's do everything Bush did, only with more suck! Because it just didn't suck badly enough the first time!

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.

Golf is hugely important, as it keeps me going.

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

Vigorous exercise will often fortify a feeble constitution.

A man who is afraid of death will be afraid of life also, because life brings death. If you are afraid of the enemy and you close your door, the friend will also be prohibited.

I think in all small towns, all kind of working class communities around the world. They are kind of similar.

I’m a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything.