Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

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.

He’d walked as a ghost in the gloomy bowels of this opera house for so long, darkness had become his brother, which was fitting, since his father was the night, and sunlight their forgotten friend.

For us military men, it is impossible to forget.

When I'm dating someone, if she bonds with my cats I'll give her a chance maybe more than I would otherwise. But if she doesn't like my cats it's kind of a deal breaker.

It's always discouraging when you don't have things go your way. They are frustrated just like the rest of us.

Fighting evil, it's hard work.

The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources.

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.

Skepticism is slow suicide.

I personally believe it's really important for the students to experience a particular culture.

I've never revised my opinion of myself as an actor. I've always thought I was as good as my material.