In those days great teachers at Shortridge [High School] were celebrities. I would look up to them.

Mark Twain was so good with crowds that he became, in competition with singers and dancers and actors and acrobats, one of the most popular performers of his time. It is so unusual, and so psychologically unlikely, too, for a great writer to be a great performer, too.

I can't tell if you're serious or not,' said the driver. I won't know myself until I find out if life is serious or not,' said Trout. 'It's dangerous, I know, and it can hurt a lot. That doesn't necessarily mean it's serious, too.

Tis better to have love and lust Than to let our apparatus rust.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

It is, in the imagination of combat's fans, the divinely listless loveplay that follows the orgasm of victory. It is called 'mopping up.

It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments.