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

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

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

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

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

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

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.