A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

Mayonnaise, like hollandaise, was invented by the French to cover up the flavor of spoiled flesh, stale vegetables, rotten fish. Beware the sauce! Where food comes beslobbered with an elegant slime you may well suspect the integrity of the basic ingredients.

Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

Humility is a virtue when you have no other.

As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'

Opera: I like it, except for all those howling sopranos and caterwauling tenors. (Why can't tenors sing like men?)

Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.