Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

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