Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Genius is a long impatience.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.