Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

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.

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.

Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.