Master one complex game, like chess. Master two and your mind will be consumed.

What's worse than fretting about work is fretting about vacation.

Indonesians in the Netherlands become experts in Chinese restaurants.

Professionals don't always care for the tools for their trades. Rock stars smash guitars, tennis players throw rackets. Computer scientists? I've seen many carry laptops vertically with the monitor open, with swinging one hand, while sipping hot coffee with the other.

A depressed investment during the economic crisis is not unlike a wine vinegar reduction. It has the potency to produce rich sauce. Now, you may take two tablespoons out of the sauce, but you shouldn't take two teaspoons out of the reduction.

If you can sell it, anything counterintuitive sounds philosophical.

Any country with a diagonal on its flag is an exotic destination.

Marshall Islands		Trininidad and Tobago
Rep. of the Congo		Seychelles

You can tell a restaurant's class by how your jacket is treated:

**** :   The restaurant takes care of the jacket.
 *** :   You hang it on the hooks provided.
  ** :   You place it behind you, on your seat.
   * :   You eat while wearing your jacket.