Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.