Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.

As a means to success, determination has this advantage over talent - that it does not have to be recognized by others.

My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year.

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.

There's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.

My quest for cosmic understanding is a book I have picked up and put down many times, always forgetting to insert a bookmark.

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.