Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

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.

In the best interest of profession, a writer should sometimes refrain from writing.

Forget about life, forget about worrying about right and wrong. Plunge into the unknown and the endless and find your place there!

There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.

Cinderella is not only an iconic character when it comes to beauty, grace and fairytale love, but also shoes.

I was greatly influenced by one of my teachers. She had a zeal not so much for perfection as for steady betterment-she demanded not excellence so much as integrity.

If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.

I don't understand why so many people who are sophisticated in science go on believing in God. I wish I did.

Language is a social event.

When you ask people what affects their wellbeing most, they think of health and wealth.