Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.

Visiting Future World is like opening a Chinese fortune cookie to read, "Soon you'll be finished with dinner."

Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.

Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.

A cocktail party is what you call it when you invite everyone you know to come over to your house at six p.m., put cigarettes out on your rug, and leave at eight to go somewhere more interesting for dinner without inviting you.