I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

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

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.