The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

Marvin Miller, I suspect, is the most effective union organizer since John L. Lewis.

I always love to quote Albert Einstein because nobody dares contradict him.

The people in Coming of Age were far less curmudgeonly than you would think. The greater percentage said that without the young we'd be lost. One woman, a former Southern belle, now 87, a philanthropist, says, "Well, these young, their history's been stolen from them. And what have we done to make them respect us?"

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.

I cannot even picture myself retiring. What would I do? I'll always be doing something, asking somebody questions, even if there weren't a book.