Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…