I?d rather be rejected than used because they both amount to the same thing in the end, but being used takes a lot longer.

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.

What you don't know by heart you haven't really loved deeply enough

The truth-that love is the highest goal to which man can aspire.

Judge character by behavior.

She was an alien, really - a sort of eating, pooping, tantrum machine - and he didn't understand anything about her species.

Each possession I own is but a stone around my neck.

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

Do we really need more romance attached to the act of blowing people away?

A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.

Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young