Even if language is a living evolving organism we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive it can get sick.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews.

There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.

Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it can get sick.

A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.

To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

Everything is defeated before love.

This is a perfect example of how entirely out of hand the women in this country have gotten. You act like men aren't anything more than extraneous amusements, little toys to keep you entertained.

well, i don't know about you but I'm going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about things, what makes them work!

...those who think that faith is superior to reason, and try to reason me into thinking that way; why don't they faith me into it?

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

My hope is that one day Mike Glennon is a Hall of Famer.

People ask if I can get it up in the morning. I tell them are you kidding I'm envious of a stiff wind.

many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.

C'mon, Tabitha. You stabbed me the night we met without even blinking. (Valerius) Yeah, but you were a dirtbag then. (Tabitha) I think I'm offended. (Valerius)

No one gets to the top, if they sit on the sidelines, or if they don't believe in themselves.