I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

The property of power is to protect.