Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the up button.

Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never less than they thought we were capable of.

A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my kids I'm doing much the same thing. I'm not trying to necessarily reason with them, just hold them still for a short while.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.