"No man is perfect, you have to take the good with the bad. General Patton, for instance, was a brazen anti-semite and made some questionable appointments to lead civilian populations of seized German towns. But I'll be damned if he…"

"I'd like to be an old-school robber baron philanthropist. Like Carnegie or Rockefeller. Building libraries and universities, etc."

"This is the most sound advice I've heard. Heed this man's every word. Spent a year bouncing from state to state, country to country. Came back $20k poorer and just as depressed as when I started. Then I picked up learning a coding…"

"I stayed at home with the folks and went to SUNY Stony Brook. It's a 90 minute train ride to the greatest city in the country and the money I saved on room and board I used to study abroad in both Shanghai, China and Nice, France. I studied…"

"Drove from New York to Los Angeles, taking old Route 66 from its start in Illinois all the way to Santa Monica. Classic Americana roadtrip."

"Never never never never never NEVER open with your availability. Don't talk about it at all unless prompted in an interview or AFTER you've been hired."

"Don't wait. The time will never be 'just right'. ~Napoleon Hill"

"1. Rolling up to Monte Carlo -- Ferrari 458 Italia Spider. 2. Cruising the Pacific Coast Highway -- E-Type convertible, Series 1. 3. The Workhorse -- Brand new Toyota Tundra 4. Track day -- Lotus 340R (not gonna win any races, but I challenge you…"

"I had an opportunity to drive a 2012 Jetta for a couple of days and I was less than impressed. The acceleration in Automatic is pitiful, more than 9 seconds from 0-60. I couldn't do much better when I threw it into Manual (the model I had…"

"The first two things I'm asked about in every interview are my travel experiences (I went abroad for language immersion in both France and China) and my volunteer experience (which shows community engagement, civic-mindedness and dedication to…"

"Volunteer for a good cause. I met the most spectacular girl while volunteering, passionate, generous, dedicated -- pretty much everything you'd look for in respectable woman."

"Green tea (the loose-leaf stuff, not the bagged stuff) has been shown in some studies to help metabolize fat. Replace every 16 oz. soda with two cups of green tea (don't add milk or sugar, just learn to appreciate the taste of the tea itself).…"

"I need only share the datelines for my journal to show you why it's so special. Samples below: March 5, 2012 -- Nice, France March 7, 2012 -- Monte Carlo, Monaco March 22, 2012 -- Barcelona, Spain April 1, 2012 -- Florence, Italy April 7,…"

"Personally, I think your first mistake was telling her how you feel about her, and her admitting the same. You are both young, and there (at least seems to be from your OP) enough distance between you two that a true, healthy relationship is…"

"Start hanging from a pullup bar, not more than a minute or two per day. Every other day is fine too. When that's too easy, start hanging from a towel that's hanging over the pullup bar. Start learning how to do fingertip pushups- against…"