People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.

Usage ain't always a matter of ought.

Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs'.

A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.