Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.