The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.

A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Men are taught to apologise for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together.

there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

No matter what the job description says, your real job is to make the boss look good.

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

It's nice, being brought up with no money at all. It's just not how I measure success, so that makes it a bunch easier.

I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.

Memorials become relics if they do not stir our modern conscience.

People can only be content when there is enough food.

always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives

A dewdrop is a perfect integrity that has no filial memory of its parentage.

In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.

The fears you don't face imprison you.

I don't have much of an imagination, but I have a mind bank of details, which I play with. It's how I daydream, so writing like that is natural for me.