Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.