As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate.

It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school.

Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.

Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.

The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another negotiation .

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

I do not know everything

Everything that seems imperishable tends to extinguishment.

If your heart has no peace, then the value of your life is nothing.

You’ve been wondering lately when the moment is that somebody is truly lost to you.

Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy.

My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.

I think we're conditioned by watching movies.

Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal.