Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.