If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.