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 set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

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

You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.