The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.