No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

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

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.