If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

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

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.