What a bummer it is to be a human being.

Laughter or crying is what a human being does when there's nothing else he can do.

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

The library is full of stories of supposed triumphs which makes me very suspicious of it. It's misleading for people to read about great successes, since even for middle-class and upper-class white people, in my experience, failure is the norm.

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.

One thing in the Middlewest: If you're in my business you're aware of the low opinion both coasts have of the midlands. And that is quite mistaken. New York would be a Kokomo if it weren't for Middlewesterners coming there.

It is never a mistake to say good-bye.