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

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.