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The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the read more
The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not read more
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two.
[A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther read more
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two.
[A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there read more
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's
shoulders to mount on.
The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's
shoulders to mount on.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out read more
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the read more
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
