Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Keep things 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

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.