Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

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.

Nobility, I always have one thing common with you, I always think you’re an angel

God is willing! God will save! God will rescue! God will restore! God will revive! God will empower! God willing and He will do it!

Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn't it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is immortality.

I'’m generally in favor of economic globalization. Having said that, it doesn’t always work and does not immediately work in the interest of all. There are sufferers.

It takes people to move crowds in the right direction, crowds by themselves just stand around and mutter.

When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?

I can't promise my child a life without bias - we're all biased - but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

We can coexist well [with Muslims]. But there are fundamentalist groups.

Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes.

Adventure is our birthright.