Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

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.

They can stop a river by building a dam, but I will be damned if they can stop my river of blood flowing through my veins and heart.

Writers Block? Get out and have fun. Love yourself. No use frowning and buying anti-wrinkle cream after.

I usually run in the morning and like to have something substantial but light to eat before and after. My go-to choices are either a banana with almond butter or a smoothie.

I think when I bought a house, that's when I thought I felt like that's a grown up thing to do.

My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?

This then is the age of reason.

I think men spend so much time passing for being men.

Don't be like a train; don't travel on the same path! Thousands of different paths are waiting for you to walk! Don't be like a train!

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him.

True love knows no bargains. It is one-way traffic: giving, giving, giving.