The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.

Not being a poet, I prize truth above beauty.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

As engineers, we were going to be in a position to change the world - not just study it.

Ambition, like a torrent, never looks back.

Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.

You have to be still for a moment to even notice that there is silence outside.

The last thing it [government] ought to do is to ground its proceedings on the ignorance of the people, - to yield them that which they will hereafter despise the donors for granting them.

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

Nature’s constantly screaming with all its shapes and scents: love each other! Love each other! Do as the flowers. There’s only love.

There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.