Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.

Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood.

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.