It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

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

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.