Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.