Sign outside a country shop: We buy junk and sell antiques.

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.

Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators.

I would rather undergo a vasectomy via Weed Whacker than attend an opera.

I do not mean to suggest for a moment that all it takes to be a top executive is a custom-tailored European suit. You also need the correct shirt and tie.

I'm afraid that, in this chapter we must talk about sex in a very explicit manner, because we want to expand the Frontiers of Human Understanding and also we want to sell as many books as possible to adolescent boys.

Here's my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food on this island is locked inside a vault, which can be opened only by an ordinary American taxpayer named Bob. Every day, the congresspersons are given a section of the Tax Code, which they must rewrite so that Bob can understand it. If he can, he lets them eat that day; if he can't, he doesn't.