"I hope we'll get lucky enough to grow old together."

“There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.”

Source : Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.15, eNet Press

“This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But as I recollect, there was one important difference: the gypsy only seemed to violate the laws of nature, he never really violated them!”

Source : Theodore Von Kármán (1965). “Theodore Von Kármán, 1881-1963: In Memoriam”

“The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.”

“I have suffered, like other writers, from indolence, irresolution, distaste to my work, absence of 'inspiration,' and all that: but I have also found that sitting down, however reluctantly, with the pen in my hand, I have never worked for one quarter of an hour without finding myself in full train ...”

“No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.”

“I always say I'd rather be miserable by myself than unhappy in a relationship.”

“I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.

“While on that old grey stone I sat Under the old wind-broken tree, I knew that One is animate, Mankind inanimate phantasy.”