Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.

Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.