A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

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

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

Thereare two sides to every question.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.