The average man’

The average man’
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.
  

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Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.
The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.
Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.
Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.
Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.
Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.