True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

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.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.