My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.