I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! read more

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of what's already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people don't care about the difference, anyway! And what good is originality if you can't crank it out?

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that read more

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the read more

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C', the idea must be read more

The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn
better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

No man ever yet became great by imitation.

Imitation is suicide.

Imitation is suicide.