GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile
I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.
Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.
Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.
People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.
Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me.
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.
The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.
The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.
The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.