"I'd really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work"

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man"

"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"

"When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language"

"No two persons ever read the same book"

"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity"