To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The property of power is to protect.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

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