A skilled persuader can blatantly ignore facts and policy details so long as the persuasion is skillful. - Scott Adams

The most important skill for any leader is the ability to take credit for things that happen on their own.

You're only as important as your furniture. And that's at peak levels of dignity. [...] If you think about it, you can get fired but your furniture stays behind, gainfully employed at the company that didn't need you anymore.

The world isn't fair, but as long as it's tilting in my direction I find that there's a natural cap to my righteous indignation.