[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it.

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.

Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'.