I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.
Irritable Judges suffer from a bad case of premature adjudication.
It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.
The old middle-class prerogative of being permanently in a most filthy temper.
There is always time for failure
On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and has always been very fond of pigs. Of course, they are for eating, which is why they are named Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. You wouldn’t want to eat Rufus, Marcus and Esmeralda.