Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

American closets are filled with once-worn clothes that got a bad review from a friend on their first appearance.

If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.

I'd be more willing to accept religion, even if I didn't believe it, if I thought it made people nicer to each other but I don't think it does.

The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.

The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.