Wills are trumped by legal titles to real estate or beneficiary designations on financial accounts, retirement plans and insurance policies.

Buy experiences, not things. Spending on experiences makes people happier than spending on things. Things get broken and go out of style. Experiences get better every time you talk about them.

You can have a do-over starting today. But you have to get over the feeling that it's too late

It's not about having it all. It's about having what you value most.

You'll get much better results by being upfront, answering creditors calls, and responding to their letters. Delaying the inevitable only digs a deeper hole.

By definition, saving - for anything - requires us to not get things now so that we can get bigger ones later.

A little personality goes a long way.

Take the cards out of your wallet. A debit card is accepted just about everywhere that credit cards are, and you'll be spending money you have - always a good thing.

One thing I want to make clear: You never want to hide from your debts. It doesn't work.

The interest rate you receive, however, is contingent on your credit score.

Rolling all of your debts into a single loan is a good idea - in theory. In fact, it can be a great idea.

Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.

Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand.

It's funny as I get older I'm reverting to my roots - I want to plant stuff.

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

The world is an inherently unfair place.

Maybe love can kill better than hate.

Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.

The entire world we apprehend through our senses is no more than a tiny fragment in the vastness of Nature.

I had seen Shawn Levy's movie just before, Just Married. And I think when I met him too, he's very smart and together and he's got it together.

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.