Quotes of the Day

Talents are your naturally recurring patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behavior. Knowledge consists of the facts and lessons learned. Skills are the steps of an activity. These three--talents, knowledge, and skills--combine to create your strengths. [2005] - Marcus Buckingham

Being part of a group protects mental health. In contrast, people without regular human contact become isolated, eccentric and unwell. [2009] - Liz Miller

When buying olive oil, always look for the extra virgin cold-pressed product. To find the oil with the highest levels of health-generating polyphenols, look carefully at the label and see if the type of olive used is identified. By choosing monovarietal olive oils, which are made with only one type of olive, you can choose a product made from olives best for health: Koroneiki (from Greece), Moraiolo (from Italy), and Picual (from Spain). The oils from these olives have great flavor profiles that work well for cooking, salad dressings, or mopping up with bread. There is no cancer-risk-reducing benefit seen with seed oils. [2019] - William W Li

Mangos are my favorite fruit treat during spring and summer, but you have to know where to look to get good ones. Check out Hispanic markets and Indian grocery stores. The difference between a mango from Walmart and one from an Indian spice store is like the difference between a hard, pale, tasteless, pink tomato and a ripe, flavorful, farm-stand heirloom. You should be able to smell the mango at arm's length. [2005] - Adam Ginsberg

If your property is a smaller residential building (or even your personal residence), the assessor or appraiser will probably have used comparable sales rather than income capitalization to establish value. [2004] - Frank Gallinelli