What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.

What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing read more

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for read more

The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the read more

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems