When a fissure off the California coast started pumping and dumping oil on the nearby towns and beaches, everybody started dumping on Union Oil. Matters weren't helped one iota by a manufactured quotation attributed to Union's president, Fred Hartley, alleging his amazement at the publicity for the loss of a few birds.... Fred Hartley never said what the press reported, as the transcript and the Senate committee members definitely established. But I don't suppose the truth will ever catch up with the more colorful falsehood.

When it's your own fault, things hurt worse than when someone else is to blame.

One thing that previous practice doesn't always make perfect: Marriage.

A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn't.

A Tax Loophole: A deduction that the other guy gets.