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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

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.