In the end, success is not about who you know, it's about you know who.

If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had achieved a level of communication so simplified that one syllable could express his every thought, then he would have achieved the level of intelligence already achieved by his dog.

What are memories but dreams of a better past.

Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.

When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great sage,' he says, 'tell me the meaning of life.' The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, 'Do you have any other questions, my son?' Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, 'You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?'

In the time it takes you to understand a 14-year-old, he turns 15.

After years of buying clothes I intend to diet into, I'll say this: the skeleton in my closet has some really nice outfits.