Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.

The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.

The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.

She is so totally absorbed in a vocation - both a gift and a mastering passion - that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story: You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you love.

When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing it.

Correct thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial.

On a throne at the center of a sense of humor sits a capacity for irony. All wit rests on a cheerful awareness of life's incongruities. It is a gentling awareness, and no politician without it should be allowed near power.