The public be damned. I am working for my stockholders.

The railroads are not run for the benefit of the dear public. That cry is nonsense. They are built for men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage of the same.

I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.

The public be damned! (on whether the public should be consulted about luxury trains Aug 1918

Love is bitter, death is sweet.

Courtship is an activity whereby one losses oneself … whilst trying to win someone’s love.

A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you're not sure whether you went out or you came home and confuses you. If it can do both of those things at the same time, you're hooked.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75.

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all.

Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldnt have to take it out of stories.

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

If everything stops functioning our level will be able to ensure our trade turnover using its gold and foreign currency reserves for at least six months or more, which is more than enough.