個人之於社會等於身體的細胞，要一個人身體健全，不用說必須每個細胞都健全。

任何人只要做一點有用的事，總會有一點報酬。這種報酬是經驗，這是世界上最有價值的東西，也是人家搶不去的東西。

不論想法如何絕妙，只會空想而不付諸實施，等於沒想一樣。不做出來讓人瞧瞧，誰也不會去注意你的高妙想法。

在最初的20年間，每星期要工作七天，每天最少工作16個小時……早上必須用兩個鬧鐘，才能驚醒起來。

當你買下一座旅館的時候，這不是事情的結束，而恰恰是個開始。

先天環境的好壞，並不足奇，成功的關鍵完全在於一己之努力。

任何一種不為集體利益打算的行為，都是自殺的行為，它對社會有害。

正如樹枝和樹幹連接在一起那樣，脫離樹幹的樹枝很快就會枯死。

一滴水只有放進大海裡才永遠不會乾涸，一個人只有當他把自己和集體事業融合在一起的時候才能最有力量。

一堆沙子是鬆散的，可是它和水泥、石子、水混合後，比花崗岩還堅韌。

一朵鮮花打扮不出美麗的春天，一個人先進總是單槍匹馬，眾人先進才能移山填海。

活著，為的是替整體做點事，滴水是有沾潤作用，但滴水必加入河海，才能成為波濤。

人是要有幫助的。荷花雖好，也要綠葉扶持。一個籬笆打三個樁，一個好漢要有三個幫。

一燕不能成春。

人民是土壤，它含有一切事物發展所必須的生命汁液;而個人則是這土壤上的花朵與果實。

天才並不是自生自長在深林荒野裡的怪物，是由可以使天才生長的民眾產生、長育出來的，所以沒有這種民眾，就沒有天才。

在許多問題上我的說法跟前人大不相同，但是我的知識得歸功於他們，也得歸功於那些最先為這門學說開闢道路的人。

我不應把我的作品全歸功於自己的智慧，還應歸功於我以外向我提供素材的成千成萬的事情和人物。

如果說我看得遠，那是因為我站在巨人們的肩上。

一個人要幫助弱者，應當自己成為強者，而不是和他們一樣變成弱者。

我們知道個人是微弱的，但是我們也知道整體就是力量。

只有在集體中，個人才能獲得全面發展其才能的手段，也就是說，只有在集體中才可能有個人自由。

科學家不是依賴于個人的思想，而是綜合了幾千人的智慧，所有的人想一個問題，並且每人做它的部分工作，添加到正建立起來的偉大知識大廈之中。

In designing shoes for myself; I'm not thinking of a specific person or catwalk. I'm just not thinking of clothes at all. I'm always thinking of a naked woman, actually.

It's great that people are interested in Mars.

Some liars are so expert they deceive themselves.

It's terrible, I know, but I will admit I was a really lazy kid. It was Bronte who would wake me up in the morning, go to training early, and take in some tips from the older training group. I would be there grumbling and complaining. After she began to reap the rewards of her labour, it definitely kindled a fire.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

We need librarians who can handle this tremendous jumble of information that is in cyberspace.

The best motivation always comes from within.

What we are doing is increasing our focus on cash flow, return on investment, and value creation.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.

I carried props into the subway - the latest 'Semlotext(e),' a hefty volume of the Frankfurt School - so that the employed would not get the wrong idea or, more to the point, the usual idea about me.

Necessity creates everything in my life.

The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do.

I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.

With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.

Familiarity breeds contempt

People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.

I'm vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.

Literally from the moment I came in the door of MIT, it was very clear that a highly productive 40-year partnership between U.S. research universities and the federal government was badly eroding.

I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.

I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.

My dad's music was a great inspiration to me.

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.

I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.