You made your bed, now lie in it.

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

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.