[Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do.

Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.

If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.