“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”

Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

All right, then, I’ll go to hell.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.

Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.

Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures – joined with the similar failures of others – can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.

It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.

The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.