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

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.