The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Without taking the risk of falling, no one can learn how to walk.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Maturity is about ripeness, thoughtfulness, quality, balance, and wisdom.

The task I've been given seems absurd: To wait here on earth until I no longer exist.

For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.

There is no German identity without Auschwitz.

If I have to win one game, I’d have a hard time taking anybody over Dustin Pedroia as my second baseman.

Creative people must entertain lots of silly ideas in order to receive the occasional strokes of genius

There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand