The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.

The report of my illness grew out of his (James Clemens) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration.

I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.

Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term.

Great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.