Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

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

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.