"Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"There are no gains without pains"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome"

"Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight"

"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too"

"I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you'd be like, 'huh? What the hell is this?' But if it's in a fruit basket you're like, 'this is nice!'"