Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

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