Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Nevercut what you can untie.