A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone.

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

Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have to discover things like this to become associate professors.

"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.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.