If I was ever to have a child, this is what I'd tell it: 'Child,' I'd say, 'don't never mess with time. Keep now now and then then. And if you ever get lost in thick smoke, child, set still till it clears. Set still till you can see where you are and where you been and where you're going, child.

What is flirtatiousness but an argument that life must go on and on and on?

Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing.

You should be careful about who you pretend to be, because who you pretend to be - is actually who you are!

Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard to be misinformed.

There are lots of things worth doing that are no way to make a living. They are agreeable ways to make a more agreeable life.