Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea