Often, what seems an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in.

Doing one fool thing after another is not so terrible when you consider the human proclivity to do several fool things at once.

Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it.

When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done.

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

If you ruled out partial successes, there would be no progress at all.

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.