"I have never seen a man who was afraid of a woman. I have seen men who were afraid of women's tongues. I have seen men who were afraid of women's brains. I have seen men who were afraid of women's str…"

"I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it."

"I am a good listener, but I also have a great deal of patience."

"I have no respect for the man who says he is too busy to read. He is too busy to live."

"I am not a spiritualist. I am not a medium. I am a scientist. I am trying to build a machine to communicate with the dead. I am trying to prove that there is life after death. I am trying to prove tha…"