As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

Chili is one of the great peasant foods. It is one of the few contributions America has made to world cuisine. Eaten with corn bread, sweet onion, sour cream, it contains all five of the elements deemed essential by the sages of the Orient: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, and bitter.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

All my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.