As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'
My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted.
Only the half-mad are wholly alive.
Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette.
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.
Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.