People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.

As millions of women have done before me, I pulled domesticity over my head like a blanket and found I was still cold.

There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest.

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

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

Like a chastity belt, the package tour keeps you out of mischief but a bit restive for wondering what you missed.

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