Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.