An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.