A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.

An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.

Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.

I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.

If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved.

Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique - shinier than the original, perhaps, but still defined by it.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

... a supportive husband is an absolute requirement for professional women.... He is something she looks for, and when she finds him, she marries him.

Do not collaborate with someone you would not go camping with.

I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

We must do everything we can to help our service members and veterans transition into civilian life once they return home, and that means preparing them for the tough job market.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

Justice is a blindfolded woman.