To err is human, to purr feline.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.

Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours."

Prejudices save time.

Partying is such sweet sorrow.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.

One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.

Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.

To err is human, to purr feline.

Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.'

It takes a while for executives to understand that every company is a spatial company, fundamentally: where are our assets, where are our customers, where are our sales. But when they get it, they light up and say, 'I want to get the geographic advantage.'

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.

If you do genuinely care about people and love them a little, eventually you all have this common goal about where you want to go. They see it, and they believe it, and they become believers with you, and you can achieve wonderful things.

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs

There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that's very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved.

The heart of another is a dark forest.

We slow the progress of science today for all sorts of ethical reasons. Biomedicine could advance much faster if we abolished our rules on human experimentation in clinical trials, as Nazi researchers did.

I paint. I love the visual arts.

I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong.

Leaders must develop a lower threshold for alibis and become better communicators and enforcers of what they want done. Holding people accountable to high standards and results is nothing to apologize for. Failing to stretch them to their potential is.

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style.

My mom is great and I make sure that we pray together before every race. She helps me put everything in perspective and remind me of the real reason I run.

Procrastination is the lazy cousin of fear. When we feel anxiety around an activity, we postpone it.

The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had already spread. It was already in the States, it was in Mexico, it was in New Zealand. By the time it reaches that point, you've lost the ability to contain it.

I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation in Greece knows that the standard of living there isn't higher than it is in Germany. Second, Greece is paying a high price for European assistance.

A tear is made of 1% water and 99% feelings.

A sustaining innovation makes better products that you can sell for better profits to your best customers.

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.

Choose to experience peace rather than conflict.

The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver.