A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

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

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.