Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The comforter's head never aches.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.