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

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.

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own

Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.

Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.

Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.

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.