Try to pick a profession in which you enjoy even the most mundane, tedious parts. Then you will always be happy

As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.

The research in Ralph Keyes' The Quote Verifier is impressive, and each conclusion is like the solution to a real-life historical mystery. Who knew a reference book could be so entertaining?

I am a dog person and not a cat person, definitely a dog person.

The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think.

You cannot ask someone to like you or love you more than you like or love yourself. YOU have to set the standard.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

When things in the country are in the pits, start a war with somebody.

We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.

It's okay to play turtle for a while, as long as you don't get too fond of your shell.

Injections are the best thing ever invented for feeding doctors.

Las Vegas is the therapeutic ethos of our time run amok, our socio-psychological promise to ourselves to be eternally young writ large on the landscape of aging self-indulgence.

She's not afraid. She's wearing a dentata.

We are all the same ... all the same... longing to find our way back ... back to the One ... back to the Only One!