This is your dividing line, by the way, between child and nonchild - when the first trouble happens that Mama can't fix.

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

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

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue illustration in a machine shop.

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

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

it isn't true, by the way, that nothing is as bad as you think it's going to be. Some things are exactly as bad as you thought they were going to be, and some things are worse.