Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.

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

I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what to believe. They are passive from the very beginning, and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ [...] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it's a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they're told.

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

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