Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

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

Pain is the outcome of sin.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.