"If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets."

"I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat."

"Humor is just another defense against the universe."

"I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front."

"Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it."

"Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars."

"In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option it was mandatory. So even though we didn't have a lot of money, we made it work. I signed up for financial aid, Pell Grants, work study, anything I could."

"I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price."