"I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work"

"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"

"The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters"

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

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

"By the work one knows the workman"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

"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"