The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability.

The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability.

Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH.

CHILDHOOD: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

REVOLUTIONARY: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

True individualists are always at odds with the universe. Set adrift by their peculiar tastes and interests, they spend their lives searching for kindred spirits and a compatible mate. They are hopelessly out of step with the business world and its trivial urgencies. Their priorities are not the priorities of their neighbors. They are unique; therefore they are alone.

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.