Some children like to make castles out of their rice pudding, or faces with raisins for eyes. It is forbidden -- so sternly that, when they grow up, they take a horrid revenge by dying meringues pale blue or baking birthday cakes in the form of horseshoes or lyres or whatnot.

In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.

People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.

Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.

Forget the cheap white wine: go to beef and gin!