Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

If there's anything I hate, it's the vibraphone. And the cha-cha-cha. And Latin rhythms generally.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs on which you can hang a metaphysical system. If you must.

Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.

Put the park rangers to work. Lazy scheming loafers, they've wasted too many years selling tickets at toll booths and sitting behind desks filling out charts and tables

Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true.