"There's a deeper reason, though, for not striving for excellence, ... and it has to do with how we view ourselves and…"

"The controlling idea... in so many facets of human interaction is: If you can't be right, be loud; if you're loud eno…"

"[That] is the essence of poker: making tricky decisions based on incomplete information."

"The universe... doesn't owe us anything but an education, and it gives us lessons every day."

"To an asshole, the whole world looks dark."

"Go off in all directions at once; you're bound to get somewhere somehow."

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."

"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"