Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Keepthings 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

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.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.