Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

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

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.