"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."

"When in doubt, duck."

"There is never enough time, unless you're serving it."

"You can judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing to them or for them."

"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues' initials on 'em, and pass them along. When in doubt, route."

"By the time we've made it, we've had it."

"VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."

"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet."

"As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled."

"Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed."

"Take only pictures, steal only time, leave only footprints."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."