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

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.