Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

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

To beprepared is half the victory.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.