"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions."

"We will make them think it's their idea. That's how all great leaders fool people."

"For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong."

"Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an incident at sea."

"As each child looks at the world through innocent eyes all they can see, Is the worlds way of life and the way they think their lives should be."

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."

"No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good."

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

"Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."

"Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from 'won't power' to 'will power.'"

"Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstriped suit."

"I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that."