“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”

Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

There’s one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he’s crooked.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

The wall! Your success is on the other side. Can’t jump over it or go around it. You know what to do.

The secret of the team’s success is easy – unity and hard work.

Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.

Effective networking isn’t a result of luck – it requires hard work and persistence.

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special.

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.