He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

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

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

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