Usage ain't always a matter of ought.

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

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.

It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't really feel all that good because it was so easy to do. I would much rather live under a thoughtful president. Even if it makes it harder to be funny about politics, it makes it more interesting to be funny about politics.

Mozart combined high formality and playfulness that delights as no other composition in any other medium does.

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.