In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.
The car rocked back and forth and tipped uphill.