Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

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

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.