Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

A language is like living skin itself.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.