Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

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

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags