The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

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

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.