Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.