 A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night. |
| Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin. |
| Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side. |
| 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. |
| Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized. |
| Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do. |
| Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. |
| Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight. |
| Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. |
| I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality. |
| Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. |
| Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best. |
| Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption. |
| Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news. |
| Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person. |
| No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time. |
| At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since. |
| Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school. |
| Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. |
| Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. |
