The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

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

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.