An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.