Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
Edify a person in advance for the positive traits you want him or her to have, and you'll find them making a concerted effort to live up to your praise.
When it comes to influence, TRUST is often the missing piece.
Develop a reputation as a person who, rather than talking a good game, actually plays a good game.
It's not better to give than to receive. It's insane to try to give and not receive.
Nobody is going to buy from you because you have quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because they see the value in doing so.
Money is an echo of value.
I root for all movies, but I especially root for good comic book movies. It's the best, most interesting genre going right now.
Three or four times only in my youth did I glimpse the Joyous Isles, before they were lost to fogs, depressions, cold fronts, ill winds, and contrary tides. . . I mistook them for adulthood. Assuming they were a fixed feature in my life's voyage, I neglected to record their latitude, their longitude, their approach. Young ruddy fool. What wouldn't I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds.
Speak louder than the words before you, and give them meaning no one else has found. The role we play is so important.
I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.