Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.