“The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.”

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.”

“Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.”

“An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves.”

“It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.”

“One’s first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one’s last is to come to terms with everything.”

“When you point your finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you.”

“No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with.”

Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.

A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.