What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.

a celebrity is someone who no longer does the things that made him a celebrity.

You're not supposed to cuss when you're an old lady, and just when there's so much more to cuss about.

One of the loveliest things about being grown up is the knowledge that never again will I have to go through the miserable business of performing in Mrs. Smedley's Annual Piano Recital at McKinleyville's First Presbyterian Church.

You may have noticed, as I have, that if ever you find yourself declaring emphatically and unequivocally that you will never do some one particular thing, chances are good that this is precisely what you will one day find yourself doing.

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English.