The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.