Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

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

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.