One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - read more

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said read more

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

We talk on principle, but we act on interest

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're read more

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.