Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.

Platitude: a statement that denies by implication what it explicitly affirms.

The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.

I stand for what I stand on.

The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.