The trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even.

People ask how I think up my thoughts. Mostly I think them up while reading Paul Simon's lyrics.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.

The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of "Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait.

I complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past.

I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it.

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