In order to surprise others with what you can do, you must first surprise yourself.

In American politics, it takes a heck of a lot of money just to get beat.

Lawyers are the society of men bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose that white is black and black is white according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are slaves.

Everything you can say about America is true; and so is the opposite.

The planet is falling precipitantly apart and coming reluctantly together at the very same moment.

Conspiracy? We can't even agree on lunch.

Even pedalling as fast as you can, eventually s*** catches up with you.

Tis better to argue a point and not settle it, than to settle a point and not argue it.

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.

You can trust the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried every other alternative.

If you please you can call this the first rule of Biddle: Tis: Twixt beginning and end there is always a middle.

Count on yourself and you'll stand out in a crowd But to others be humble and inside you'll feel proud.

The door to the mind should be open, but There are times when it's best that the door remains shut.

Some people find pleasure in some money or toy But it's family and friends who will bring your heart joy.

Make haste slowly.

Live life each day to the full, and then some But know yesterday came and tomorrow will come.

The most important seven words on the way to the top Are never never never never never give up.

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

At twenty we don't care what the world thinks. At thirty we worry about what it thinks of us. At forty we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Learning is not compulsory; neither is survival.

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Never give advice. A wise man won't need it; a fool won't heed it.

The best way to succeed is to act on the advice we give others.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Start before the beginning.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.

Bite off more than you can chew; then chew like hell.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Today is a gift; that is why they call it the present.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Leaders don't follow the competition, but they sure as hell follow what their competition are doing.

Half the battle of finding something is knowing what you want; the other half is knowing where to look.

Never talk to the monkey; talk to the organ-grinder.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to get anything done.

If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.

Anything worth doing is worth doing badly--at first.

If you can't be the best, at the very least you should know who is.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build idiot-proof programmes, and the Universe, trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places.

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

How sour sweet music is When time is broke and no proportion kept. So it is in the music of men's lives.

Computers are great. I used to accomplish nothing. Now I still accomplish nothing, but I can do it a lot quicker.

Every decision, no matter how small, will sometime prove important.