The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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

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

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.