Nevercut what you can untie.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Keep things 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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.