Thorough preparation makes its own luck.

Thorough preparation makes its own luck.

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.

If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the
obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited read more

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the
obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than
the intelligence quotient.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something
that isn't there.

When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the
genuine tinsel underneath.

When you get through all the phony tinsel of Hollywood, you find the
genuine tinsel underneath.

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line read more

The natural law of inertia: Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men read more

We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.