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.

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

Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.

Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.

Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.

My thoughts are like waffles - the first few don't look so good.

What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."