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

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Patience is the art of hoping.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.