Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

As a final incentive before giving up a

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Ittakes time to save time.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.