To beprepared is half the victory.

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

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!