A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.

Disputants often fare poorly when they each act greedily and deceptively.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

Ideas are incestuous.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

A lot depends on the starting point.

The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

I'm the crazy girly captain, Remember?

If you fall, dare to rise up again.

Dream high and exceed your expectations.

To me, the smarter you are, the more you want to learn - Ernie Accorsi

I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore, like I always thought I would.

We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night, it's gonna be alright.

I had a really good feeling about that match. You know, they are good friends, and Chris had to feel really relaxed because of being out there with Tiger.

I'll throw ya gang-sign up, and then I'll spit on my hand.

No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted