We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...