Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.

Usage ain't always a matter of ought.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli.

Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.

I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince. How about that?

I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.