Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.

Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor.

The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

A motion to adjourn is always in order.