A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

What isthe shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback isone of the essential elements of good communication.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

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

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

To beprepared is half the victory.