Albert von Szent-Gyorgy

My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

When women come up to me like, ‘I am a freaking senator,’ or, ‘I’m a doctor,’ it’s like, ‘Damn, y’all like me? I look up to y’all!’

[on Diana’s Death] I remember just feeling completely numb, disorientated, dizzy.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Let us not, however, upon this account rashly conclude that she is capable of supporting any burden, nor even be too confident that she could support, without great distress, a burden a little greater than what has already been laid upon her.

The menu is not the meal.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

I grew up in a very masculine environment. So I was around a lot of men, my brothers and their friends. There was just a lot of guys around.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.