The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

The property of power is to protect.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.