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

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.