Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

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.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

A half truth is a whole lie.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.