Success is a tale of obstacles overcome, and for every obstacle overcome, an excuse not used.

In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.

I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation.

One day you just say "To heck with it," and you go looking for trouble, and you find happiness.

It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few out of the park. We try not to take any called strikes.

Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom.

Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.