There seems to be a common strain of miserliness in the American people when it comes to throwing away toothpaste tubes which havea little left in the bottom.

This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.

But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.

The Great Arizona Desert is full of the bleaching bones of people who waited for me to start something.

I once heard a woman laugh at that most tragic moment in all drama, the off-stage shot in "The Wild Duck," and I afterward had her killed, so there will be no more of that out of her.

This congestion in the post offices is due to what are technically known as "regulations" but what are really a series of acrostics and anagrams devised by some officials who got around a table one night and tried to be funny.

My only solution for the problem of habitual accidents is to stay in bed all day. Even then, there is always the chance that you will fall out.