“We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to think of ways to make it an economic-development hub
“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department
“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
“Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive
“After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it
“There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly
“To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
“The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
“Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea
“Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid
“Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.