Sir Alec Douglas-Home, when he was British Foreign Secretary, said he received the following telegram from an irate citizen: "To hell with you. Offensive letter follows."

I'm willing to zap conservatives when they do things that are not libertarian.

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.

It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.

Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.