Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value.

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything.

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit of doing them.

Doubt comes in at the window when Inquiry is denied at the door.

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite.

Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

I like smoking! I mean, God, I quit everything else, can't I smoke?

Meeting Kanye West was a blessing.

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.

Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.

My passion is really candy, but I know that I can use art and fashion as inspiration.

On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character.

Girls have a tendency to take responsibility for romantic misinterpretations, when often it's men whose perfectly honed emotional inscrutability makes life more complicated than it should be.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

What I love to do is take on business challenges in a way that really can have an impact on peoples' lives.

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.

The older we get, the more we desire to reclaim our body at 25; we'll take our face at 35, the elasticity of our mind at its most powerful, to return ourselves somehow to our most vital moment of rigor and protean creation.

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

One of my worst fears is being a self-indulgent person.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

It's fascinating for us women to begin looking at our lives in five-year plans. It really does help you keep on track. If that's too hard, start with a two-year plan.

I used to think 40 was old. Now I think, 'Hey, 40's hot!'

I can still remember them wheeling the black and white TV sets into our classroom at school so we could watch the men landing on the Moon, and that obviously had a huge impact. I later found out those people flying Apollo were ex-military test pilots, so I decided to join the Air Force and become a test pilot.