I’ve hated some of them too. Most of them sometimes. And they do think differently, but that’s a good thing, isn’t it? A hand isn’t a f-foot, but I need them both to hunt.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations…entangling alliances with none

You are your own essential ally. Get right with yourself.

Few teams sometimes fails miserably because team members wish to work in the team but they want to be recognized individualy.

Perhaps love is a minor madness. And as with madness, it’s unendurable alone. The one person who can relieve us is of course the sole person we cannot go to: the one we love. So...

They may fight with us, but they don’t fight for us.

While one can love an irresponsible friend or a person with character flaws, alliances are built on respect, the responsibilities which arise out of that and knowing that together we can be stronger.

The synergy GM gets from Isuzu is the biggest among its alliances in Japan because it’s buying 200 billion yen of diesel engines every year from Isuzu.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.

Technological alliances like this generally don’t produce visible results that quickly.