A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on.

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have had a little sense knocked into it.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.

There is no such place as Budapest. Perhaps you are thinking of Bucharest, and there is no such place as Bucharest, either.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process.

Smile, even when others do not.Care, even when others will not.Love, even when others could not.Give, even when others cannot.

I like Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. With the waterfall and things like that, I think it's pretty cool.

The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS.

Music is a reservoir... of sounds.

A hard headed woman, a soft hearted man, been the cause of trouble ever since the world began.

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail.

I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.