如果說我看得遠，那是因為我站在巨人們的肩上。

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。

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。

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。

I love my brother. But I'm not a yo-yo. He can't just keep spinning me in and out of his life.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man.

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.

I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad.

Beauty is truths smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.

When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.

We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.

It's impossible to compare two bands. It would be like comparing two lovers.

Worship is when we give God His breath back.

'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.

Golf is a humbling sport.

I am blessed beyond belief.

I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

If we want to stabilize the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at some level - it really doesn't matter which level - you end up having to stop emissions virtually completely.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it ignore it or offer your own version in return.

A Congressional Budget Office report released as recent as June 2004 says the system will be able to pay full benefits until 2052, and 80 percent after that.

I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.

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