I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.

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Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and...

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and...

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert-and then make...

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert-and then make...

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of...

Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of...

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.

Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it,...

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it,...

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.