Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?