Month: December 2020

An empty room is full of potential.

For the soon-to-be college graduate: When you die, no one will say in your eulogy, “He graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in English.” That will be literally the least notable fact about you. What matters in life — what you will be remembered for — is what you do after your formal education ends.

Houses are built. Mansions are manufactured. Castles are constructed. Homes are made.

To understand the Holocaust, privilege the words of a survivor above those of a history professor.

Ask yourself this question: Have you ever actually seen a wolf in sheep’s clothing? And ask yourself a second question: What does “sheep’s clothing” even mean? — Sheep don’t wear clothes.

An educated person knows the difference between “less” and “fewer.” An intelligent person knows not to correct anyone who misuses them.

We each of us are stories waiting to be told by those who hardly knew us.

Just once, drive a convertible in the dead of winter with the top down — but also have the heat on full blast.

If an animal is endangered, it’s already extinct.

There’s no such thing as a bad pie — unless it has meat in it. But if it has meat in it, it’s not really a pie. So, again, there’s no such thing as a bad pie.