The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.

A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, 'I love you.'

Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason.

Among the things that you, and you alone, are the absolute and final judge of is whether or not you are a success.

Those who avoid the tough choices of life, live a life they never chose.

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.

Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.