The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.

Do you suppose it's true, that St. Patrick was a parselmouth, and his muggle friends never knew?

Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.

A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds!

I usually lump organized religion, organized labor, and organized crime together. The Mafia gets points for having the best restaurants

Before men ever wrote in clay they cast their words in verse and line, rythymbound in poets' minds, defying time and age.

I've been smoking nearly 50 years now. I just don't feel safe breathing anything I can't see!

The clocks are all turned forward from Funny Time to Right Time. I always remember, "Spring back or Fall in.

The pilgrims were kicked out of England, quarreled with the Dutch, alienated the Indians, and had an evil reputation among the turkeys.

Spooky wild and gusty; swirling dervishes of rattling leaves race by, fleeing the windflung deadwood that cracks and thumps behind.

He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)

One of life's terrible truths is that women like guys who seem to know what they're doing.

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

When someone shows you how little you mean to them and you keep coming back for more, before you know it you start to mean less to yourself.

My first son didn't really take a bottle, and I didn't like giving bottles.