Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off."

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

A plant's ability to grow, increase and sustain itself became of secondary and almost minimal interest.

The proposal would limit your ability to get any tax break for the mortgage interest you pay. Economists are estimating that this would drop house values by 15 to 20 percent.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

[In Washington, thousands of people marched in remembrance of the attacks and in tribute to troops fighting overseas.] I wish we could say ... that we were gathering today to commemorate a danger that had long since past, ... But we cannot. The enemy, though seriously weakened and continuously under pressure, continues to plot attacks, and the danger they pose to the free world is real and present.