memory is so selective; wishful thinking presses it into service all the time.

Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement.

Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity.

A woman has all too much substance in a man's eyes at the best of times. That is why men like women to be slim. Her lack of flesh negates her. The less of her there is, the less notice he need take of her. The more like a male she appears to be, the safer he feels.

I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.

There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.

memory is so selective; wishful thinking presses it into service all the time.