The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely read more

The ideas that come out of most brainstorming sessions are usually superficial, trivial, and not very original. They are rarely useful. The process, however, seems to make uncreative people feel that they are making innovative contributions and that others are listening to them.

The darkest hour of a man's life is when he sits down to plan how to
get money without earning read more

The darkest hour of a man's life is when he sits down to plan how to
get money without earning it.

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of read more

Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is
an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for
wallowing in.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for
failure-which is: Try to read more

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for
failure-which is: Try to please everybody.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least
expect it, will be a fish.

Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least
expect it, will be a fish.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains read more

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century:
that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.