To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.

The fact that Americans drag around the world by the busloads to glimpse the past probably has something to do with the youth of our country. We revere anything older than George Burns.

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

Some say the antique syndrome surfaced to offset the newness of the land, the homes, and the settlers. Some say the interest was initiated by a desire to return to the roots of yesterday. I contend the entire movement to acquire antiques was born out of sheer respect of things that lasted longer than fifteen minutes.