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

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.