“Mars is there, waiting to be reached.”
“Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon.”
The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic.
The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.
My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not by my weakness.
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
“Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.
The best policy is to declare victory and leave.
People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way
He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.
“The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty”.
"Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation."
Sins are so remitted, as if they had never been committed.
That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
“The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall”
A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.
“In the long run, any system that depends on your willpower will fail.”
The job isn't done until you've blamed someone for the parts that went wrong.
Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.
“Managing your personal energy is like managing budgets in a company.”