Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'.

Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.

Paradise is the here and now, the actual, tangible, dogmatically real Earth on which we stand. Yes, God bless America, the Earth upon which we stand.

Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires.

Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.

One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill!