"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

"The Chinese don't sit on benches while eating but squat like Europeans do when they relieve themselves out in the leafy woods."

"The only way to escape the corrupting influence of praise is to go on working."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

"Marriage is the unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an incident."