Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

In like a dimwit, out like a light.

Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine)

Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner.

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.

What's good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart.

There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.