The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.