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

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

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.

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

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

What is well done is done soon enough.

To teach isto learn twice.