It's hard to imagine a civilization without onions; in one form or another their flavor blends into almost everything in the meal except the desert.

We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will sicken and die.

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.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

It is hard to imagine a civilization without onions.

I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.