Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.