Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

If you are the land, then I am the sea. I don't need you and you don't need me.

Q. But it seems to me there are circumstances that simply induce one to have negative emo

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.

It took me ages to grow into being a woman, into being happy with it.

because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.

When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.

What you should do is wait until the end of each month, and then say, "OK, how much money do I have? How much do I need? Let me send the rest to retirement."

Fly and you will catch the swallow.

Tom Jones is like igloo-cool.