At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

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

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.