We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.