Goodman was a moderately successful stockbroker who dreamed of making the big money someday.
He took his friend out for a drive, and he chose the route carefully in order to impress on him the possibilities of the brokerage business.
"Look at that yacht," he said as they drove slowly past a marina. "That 96' beauty belongs to the senior partner at Merrill Lynch. That 104' one over there is owned by the head of Goldman, Sachs. And look at that huge 210' yacht out there. That's the pride and joy of the top seller at Prudential-Bache."
His friend Morris was silent.
"God is always doing 10,000 things in your life, and you may be aware of three of them."
"The tone with which you begin a conflict is one of the most important predictors of the outcome. Begin softly and lovingly. You'll end up in a better place."
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day... 30,000 to a man's 15,000.
My friend's husband is always telling her that housekeeping would be a snap if only she would organize her time better.