The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

I just wish insignificance had more stature.

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proximity and distance, conversation and silence. We almost always get more of each than we want at any one time.

When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.