While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.

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

...there are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often.

Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.