The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.