“I do not use words like liberal or conservative. You can ask me a question and I will give you an answer. Those are words rich people on television use to divide and conquer.”

“Tradition:' one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.”

“In this box are all the words I know…Most of them you will never need, some you will use constantly, but with them you may ask all the questions which have never been answered and answer all the questions which have never been asked. All the great books of the past and all the ones yet to come are made with these words. With them there is no obstacle you cannot overcome. All you must learn to do is to use them well and in the right places.”

“Their banter was rich and comfortable, their teasing intimate and profound; their 'I love you' without the use of those startling words.”

“People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?”

“ask yourself the following question: "Is this person in between me and what I want to do?" If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing work and outpacing people that way.”