Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
I kept talking. "Listen -- this is some kind of misunderstanding.
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.