“King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.”

“Nothing succeeds like success.”

“Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.”

“If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.”

“It's so interesting how success hits people and how they react to it.”

“Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.”

“I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.”

“In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.”

“When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”