Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

The great and admirable strength of America consists in this that America is truly the American people.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from others.

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations the relations within which these individuals stand.

A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.

Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.

When I speak of 'cycles ' I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity if not in the resolving of problems than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate.