Sometimes it's things that take the joy out of life, like a blowout when you're hitting sixty or a button coming off of a shirt when you're in a hurry, but usually it's people.

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.

Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.