My ability to keep cool in a crisis is based entirely on not knowing all the facts.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by night or day, Be just as full of truth as they.

Evelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that.

IMPORTANT Book reading is a solitary and sedentary pursuit, and those who do are cautioned that a book should be used as an integral part of a well-rounded life, including a daily regimen of rigorous physical exercise, rewarding personal relationships, and sensible low-fat diet. A book should not be used a as a substitute or an excuse.

The greatness of America is that it produces exuberant geniuses like Louis Armstrong and Fred Astaire and Leonard Bernstein. We are meant to be a jazzy people who talk big and jump on the table and dance; we aren't supposed to be dopey and glum and brood over old injuries.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.