"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"Remember, nothing that's good works by itself, just to please you. You have to make the damn thing work."

"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."

"Many of life's failures are those who didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up."

"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."

"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

"Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win."

"Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense."

"The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them."

"The old lie; Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. (Sweet and fitting it is to die for the fatherland)"

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."

"It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong."