Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

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

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.