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.

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.

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.

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

If traveling was free, you'd never see me again.

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Vulnerability is something that I negotiate every day.

There are some careers that will develop your mind more than others. In the study of enlightenment, it is most important to develop your mind and your body.

We must remind ourselves that an assault on any one of our liberties and freedoms is an assault on all.

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.

Actions themselves form no bondage. Bondage is only the false belief,"I am the do-er."

My dad introduced me to the game, gave me a stick. Since then I've had a passion for it.