I never thought I would just be doing Arkady books.

We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.

In a tournament, even though there are team scores, it's calculated and it's a lot more individual. There is more honor to say you're not just better than the opposing schools' wrestler, you're the best wrestler in your weight class. Plus there are lot more awards to win in a tournament.

Familiarity is the most destructive of all iconoclasts.

O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.

There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must count dimpled ballots, constitutional or otherwise.