Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul, the work of the soul, and good for either, the work of the other.

Preparation + Attitude + Opportunity + Action = Luck.

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.

Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse?

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

Success in the pulps depended on speed and imagination, and Hubbard had both in abundance. The church estimates that between 1934 and 1936, he was turning out a hundred thousand words of fiction a month. He was writing so fast that he began typing on a roll of butcher paper to save time. When a story was finished, he would tear off the sheet using a T-square and mail it to the publisher.

Remember, never despise a task—any task. In doing any job, you are either creating something or bettering something.

I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.

Unlike singers, who can earn for years by singing one song, we artistes have to be on our toes all the time. If I write something funny or create a joke in the morning, there will be someone narrating my own joke to me the same evening.

Even with limited success as an actor, you usually have a more interesting life than in many other professions, so it's not an unreasonable choice.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

Being a lifeguard was boring. Bo-ring. It was an indoor pool and it's so hot and humid in there. All you can do is sit there - you can't have music on because you need to pay attention and not be distracted. So you're just sat there, you're looking at people swim up and down, up and down. That was so boring.