It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.

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.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Sometimes it's the princess who kills the dragon and saves the prince.

When you have something good to say, say it. When you have something ill to say, say something else.

A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them.

Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.

It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.

All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity.

When you make a great record, it's around forever.