“Therefore, men of Polynesia and Boston and China and Mount Fuji and the barrios of the Philippines, do not come to these islands empty-handed, or craven in spirit, or afraid to starve. There is no food here. In these islands there is no certainty. Bring your own food, your own gods, your own flowers and fruits and concepts. For if you come without resources to these islands you will perish... On these harsh terms the islands waited.”

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”

“It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.”

“Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.”

“An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.”

“Very early on in life, I decided the hell with it: material things weren't for me. Christmas would come, and other kids would have all these presents, and it wouldn't bother me a bit.”

“The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.”

“All I can do is play the game the way the cards fall.”

“It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.”

“It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.”

“You have to be eligible for luck to strike and I think that's a matter of education and preparation and character and all the other solid attributes that sometimes people laugh at.”