Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

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.

Do not respond to people being upset by confidently giving them advice on how to solve their problems

Without delay, Tilly entered the ninth opening, a number that she knew from Baraccus had great meaning on things having to do with magic.

Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.

we are slaves to the cost of living.

I love him whose soul is lavish, who wanteth no thanks and doth not give back: for he always bestoweth, and desireth not to keep for himself.

Focus on giving smiles away and you will always discover that your own smiles will always be in great supply!

The greasier, the better.

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.

When a parent denies a child its parent time, that parent is denying the child its child support - its psychological child support.