To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

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

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.