All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?