"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

"On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down ."

"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank."

"I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries."

"My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation."

"… skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape."

"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things."