The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

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.

Life is a concoction of fatal determinism and the footsteps of us all.

The ultimate act of heroism shouldn't be death.

I’ve lived for nothing and might soon die for less. My Life, Part One will be cancelled midway through the first season

The music is not used repetitiously to create film atmosphere. It is, in fact, the leading character.

What we call truths are just those errors that we cannot give up.

It's ok if you want to stop fighting.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.

I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But a girl can always dream.