Take care of your friends. Because there will come a time when you'll be no good to anyone, and the only reason for people to talk to you will be sheer habit.

That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed Seymour couldn't figure this out for the life of them! Reed was ashamed of radio. ...radio was a cinch if you kept reaching down and grabbing up handfuls of the ordinary.

People do what they are told not to do. It happens time and time again. Here on the frozen tundra, it is known as the Tongue on the Frozen Pump Handle principle.

A compassionate conservative is someone who electrocutes juveniles but lets them have a last 'make a wish'.

I loved feeling special. I hated feeling special.

Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.

Sing your song; don't let the bastards get you down.