Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.

It's a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It's all very sad but it's much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.

You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.

Success only breeds a new goal

I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.

I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.

One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.