非經自我發奮所得的創新，就不是真正的創新。

古今中外，凡成就事業，對人類有作為的無一不是腳踏實地艱苦攀登的結果。

創新人才的基本要件――負“職責”肯領悟，勤“動手”不怕錯，守“紀律”重團結。

沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮，然而它卻最沉默寡言。

對搞科學的人來說，勤奮就是成功之母。

科學是為了那些勤奮好學的人，詩歌是為了那些知識淵博的人。

人為某事而誕生，並不是為無所事事而誕生。

哪裡有天才，我是把別人喝咖啡的功夫，都用在工作上的。

業精於勤而荒於嬉，行成於思而毀於隨。

路是腳踏出來的，歷史是人寫出來的。人的每一步行動都在書寫自己的歷史。

生命的用途並不在長短而在我們怎樣利用它。許多人活的日子並不多，卻活了很長久。

攀登上一個階梯，這固然很好，只要還有力氣，那就意味著必須再繼續前進一步。

勞動教養了身體，學習教養了心靈。

在天才和勤奮兩者之間，我毫不遲疑地選擇勤奮，她是幾乎世界上一切成就的催產婆。

我們每個人手裡都有一把自學成才的鑰匙，這就是：理想勤奮毅力虛心和科學方法。

什麼是天才！我想，天才就是勤奮的結果。

不存在沒有熱情的智慧，也不存在沒有知能的熱情，如果沒有勤奮，也不存在熱情與才能的結合。

天才就是最強有力的牛，他們一刻不停地一天工作十八小時。

時間是個常數，但也是個變數。勤奮的人無窮多，懶惰的人無窮少。

求學的三個條件是：多觀察多吃苦多研究。

如果你富於天資，勤奮可以發揮它的作用；如果你智力平庸，勤奮可以彌補它的不足。

形成天才的決定因素應該是勤奮，有幾分勤學苦練是成正比例的。

攀登頂峰，這種奮鬥的本身就足以充實人的心。人們必須相信，壘山不止就是幸福。

In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.

I can't sing, like, I can't saaang. I'm no Luther! That to me is singing. Being able to hit a note doesn't mean you can sing.

Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

They do very classy, sexy television in the U.S. - and they pay a lot more, so there's always that draw!

I'm supposed to enforce the laws of the land.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

For he loved her as you can only love someone who is an echo of yourself at your time of deepest sorrow.

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.

When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.

Forget past mistakes and forget failures. Forget everything except what you are going to do now and do it.

We never notate our music, so you can try to replicate it, but you don't really have it.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

To have constructive conversations about the world's energy options, one needs to take a calm look at the numbers.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

I never have planned a whole lot of future. It's one day at a time.

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they translate that to their people and to their counterparts in other countries. You can fulfill and achieve a great deal if you get along well as individuals, as people, as persons.

My partnership with YouTube is one that I really, really treasure and I want to carry through. I mean, I don't just say it because I work with them; I genuinely am a fan of YouTube, so that's where I'd want to see my content.

I think a lot of journal articles should really be blogs.

I've got some repenting to do.

I spent my entire first pay cheque from 'Cracker,' a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and I needed to get to work.

Every single record I have is a fossil.