Keepthings 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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

To be preparedis half the victory.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.