In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.