As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it read more

As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.

Right is its own defense.

Right is its own defense.

Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, read more

Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is read more

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Hamming's Motto: The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.