Machievelli Quotes & Sayings

I've often felt there might be more to be gained by studying business failures than business successes. — Warren Buffett

I hate that guy." He paused. "He got a fox already," he muttered under his breath.

"Everyone hates him. And we both know that foxes hunt around garbage. — N.M. Sotzek

According to tradition, my great-grandfather married early, at 14, with a woman six years older. It was considered to be one of the duties of the wife to raise her husband. — Jung Chang

Through darkness you have come to your hope, and have now all your desire. Use well the days. — J.R.R. Tolkien

And I know I said earlier that he was perfect but he wasn't perfect, far from it; he could be silly and vain and remote and often cruel and still we loved him, in spite of, because. — Donna Tartt

Would you prefer to be feared or loved Lord Ells?"
He smiled crookedly at her, "You like quotes, don't you? So, it's as Machievelli said, 'It is best to be both feared and loved; however, if one cannot have both it is better to be feared than loved.'"
"I'd rather be loved. Only loved," she whispered to him. — Cristiane Serruya

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive. — Jane Goodall

Your home needs to be a place where your kids can fail - and learn from their failure. Surround them with love, show them how important they are to you, but don't try to undo their failures. It's not our job as parents to get our kids off the hook. — Kevin Leman

The cap-and-trade plan is more market driven than anything else. If you want to discourage carbon use, you have to make it more expensive, but what is crucial is that this be a worldwide program that includes China and India. — Phil Gramm

This is a promising new source of insight that can supplement survey data but can't replace it for the foreseeable future. That's because the tools have a ways to go before they can accurately gauge sentiment about specific customer interactions as precisely and consistently as a survey. You should consider this option when your measurement program matures, but start out with the tried-and-true approach of fielding surveys. — Harley Manning