Survival must come before civilization.

Repeat nothing - absolutely nothing - that is told you in confidence. There is no such thing as telling just one person.

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

A child who has a grandparent has a softened view of life, the feeling that there is more to life than what we see, more than getting and gaining, winning and losing.

there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

I have a theory that since everyone is always dieting, no one at a convention dinner ever eats the potatoes. Therefore, they go back to the kitchen uneaten. And the next night they reappear at another convention. Therefore, one should never eat the potatoes. Who knows? They may be six or seven years old.

Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your own good - ' It never is.