I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

Being on a ship is something like being pregnant. You can sit there and do absolutely nothing but stare at the water and have the nicest sense that you are accomplishing something.

Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!

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.