The only reason that they say, 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats.

If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.

I once truly believed that if I had to stand in line for twenty minutes to have a package gift-wrapped it actually gave the recipient more pleasure.

I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure.

I have noticed that in plays where the characters on stage laugh a great deal, the people out front laugh very little.

One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.

I will read anything rather than work.