You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.