Did you know Richard Nixon is the only president whose formal portrait was painted by a police sketch artist?

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.

Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'

Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.

Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead.

Some sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today.

Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Happiness is having a rare steak, a bottle of whiskey, and a dog to eat the rare steak.

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.

Say no to failure

And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain.

Most books about Stanley Kubrick were written by people who never met him and gathered information from articles written by others who didn't know him either.

When a resource is scarce, you increase its yield.

Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other peoples smart products for the home.

Children learn through gentle direction and persuasive teaching.