The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

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

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.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Every advantage has its tax

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

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.