Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger.

You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

False love can be bought

A self-leader looks around for problems, and then thinks deep to device solutions to them.

Most people are not for or against anything the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow to overcome inertia.

My best writing is often early in the morning and, sometimes, while working out.

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

Never mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who's late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.

I think you learn more from looking at how things occurred and what happened afterward, not just at the event

Stanton emerged from the shadows. "So your brother thinks you need a boyfriend?"he teased. "Stop.

I had never met Woody Allen before Melinda and Melinda. My agent knew the producer of the movie and he suggested that we would work well together and then we did. We had a great time on that film.