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

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.