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

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

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 more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.