Suppose you ask God for a miracle and God says yes, very well. How do you live the rest of your life?

Home may be where the heart is but it's no place to spend Wednesday afternoon.

Why is it that no other species but man gets bored? Under the circumstances in which a man gets bored, a dog goes to sleep.

Why has the South produced so many good writers? Because we got beat.

Lord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to man’s destruction. Failing that, Lord, grant that my article in Brain be published before the destruction takes place.

Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.