Sometimes we deny being worthy of praise, hoping to generate an argument we would be pleased to lose.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

If television encouraged us to work as much as it encourages us to do everything else, we could better afford to buy more of everything it advertises.

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

The wheel was invented so we could move faster. Credit was invented so we would have to.