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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

It's good to shut up sometimes.