I asked my vet what kind of dog he'd get. He told me, 'I'd get a Chihuahua, because when it died, I wouldn't care.

... trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.

Remodeling is like pulling a loose thread on a cheap sweater - the job keeps unraveling.

One person's mess is merely another person's filing system.

Probably is not a word I like to hear when I'm talking about our chances of recouping a huge investment.

Truth is funnier than most things you can make up.

Call me an alarmist, but there are certain words I don't like to hear together: cheap fireplace, discount brakes, cut-rate surgery.