The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

We'reeyeball to eyeball and the other fellow just blinked.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.