16 THINGS IT TAKES MOST OF US 50 YEARS (OR LONGER) TO LEARN

1. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the humanrace has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential,that word would be "meetings."
2. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
3. People who want to share their religious views with you almostnever want you to share yours with them.
4. You should not confuse your career with your life.
5. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it tooseriously.
6. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always oneindividual who perceives a solution and is willing to takecommand. Very often, that individual is crazy.
7. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
8. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.
9. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.
10. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear andcompelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
11. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotelysuggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see anactual baby emerging from her at that moment.
12. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other peopleto make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 11.
13. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age,gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that,deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above averagedrivers.
14. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.
15. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not anice person.
16. Your friends love you, anyway.