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

Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

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.

Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.