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The objective of producing useful devices has strongly influenced the choice of the research projects with which I have been associated. ”
What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim. ”
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room. ”
I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. ”
Men shut their doors against a setting sun. ”
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. ”
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. ”
When I started walking and I looked down and I saw on the floor this water, which looked like, you know, water in your basement except it happened to be in the auxiliary building of a nuclear power plant. ”
What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us. ”
It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade. ”