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

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.