Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you

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.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

Sometimes you have to go outside your boundaries. You have to jump over that fence, but I always felt very comfortable (in my jobs) because I worked with some good people.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

Minicars produce miniprofits.

Our true worth doesn't come from the work we do, it comes from who we are as human beings.

People are always looking for something to hate on. If this is something for them to target and hate on, that's their thing. I look at it as satire.

Although I am a woman and young, I have more than enough courage to suffer this death and a thousand more.

May we never let the things we can't have or don't have or shouldn't have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have.