If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

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

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Necessitynever made a good bargain.