Ten Things That Took me Years To Learn

One. A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, can not be a good person.

2nd. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

3rd. Nobody cares if you can not dance. Get up and dance.

4th. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

5th. Do not confuse your career with your life.

6th. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

7th. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved (and it never will) its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

Eight. There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

9th. Your real friends love you anyway.

10. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Luis Fernando Verissimo