Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?

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 don't read the Holy Bible, you don't stand a chance with the antichrist.

It's a date, not a duty

We will keep a commitment to pluralism and not discriminate for or against Methodist or Mormons or Muslims or good people with no faith at all.

When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come not first in at their casements.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

If we could manage any sort of trust again... Well. That would make me happier than you can imagine

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.

All you do is pull the pin, and it releases a startling alarm that can get you out of a bad situation.

Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you... follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony.