Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.