China is not a great idea: capitalism and a dictator. It's like the two worst possible things you could imagine together. It's a very bad idea.

To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.

No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

The French probably invented the very notion of discretion. It's not that they feel that what you don't know won't hurt you; they feel that what you don't know won't hurt them. To the French lying is simply talking.