"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."

"True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes."

"Human excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God."

"The worst thing about Europe is that you can't go out in the middle of the night and get a Slurpee."

"Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it?"

"I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things."

"The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse."

"A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term."