The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.

Past art is subject to change.

Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name.

You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.

Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.

And the end and the beginning were always there Before the beginning and after the end.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.