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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

Sometimes we want to believe something so badly that we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of.

A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

A lot of the state-sponsored growth in India was just too fast. You went from cradle to Nirvana in a short period of time.

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorillas going to do and theyre purely motivated.

Study nature, not books.

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.

Books were the window from which I looked out of a rather meager and decidedly narrow room onto a rich and wonderful universe. I loved the look and feel of books, even the smell... Libraries were treasure houses. I always entered them with a slight thrill of disbelief that all their endless riches were mine for the borrowing.

Everyone in Kiss is replaceable. My ego will tell you that I am not, but that's not so.

In a play, you only get one chance, and you have to get it perfect. In a film, you can change and fix it whatever way you want, so really, there's a pretty big difference.

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

It's too bad American electoral races aren't as transparent as NASCAR races.

Today, please share appreciation, spread the love and happiness and watch what happens.

Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.

I think rock 'n' roll would become exponentially, considerably more difficult to perform past about 65.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

You'd think, 'What if I make a mistake today, I'll regret it'. I don't believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to just jump forward, mean well, commit and just see what happens.

Think about George Orwell's three-minute hate from the novel '1984' and how that left everyone sort of exhausted and able to live their boring humdrum lives. If our lives are going to continue being unfulfilled and boring, perhaps we do need some sort of short-term violent chaos incorporated into them, to make them more palatable.

I don't watch scary movies. Sometimes, even having to read the script and do an episode of 'Grimm,' I get a little tense because I know someone's going to jump out of somewhere.

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.