There's never a benefit to bragging too much about a deal because the only sure thing is that I'm probably going to be dealing with that same general manager or that same person over and over again.

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.

Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived.

Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.

We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character.

Piety, like nobility, has its aristocracy.

I've found the best thing to do is to really be loving, kind, forgiving and compassionate with yourself. There are some wonderful practices for that which I talk about in Love For No Reason.

In general, it's best if you're building something that you yourself need.

Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision.

Write whatever you like!

We tend to put poems into factions. And it restricts our reading.