The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.

Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.

People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.

The 1920s are the decade that signaled the arrival of a gift that still means a lot to us: Saturday.

Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americans got Model A's and automobiles.

Coolidge was a federalist. You go back and read him and it's almost intimidating to write about him because he writes better himself than anyone. He's one of the best writers as presidents go.

I'm not sure Roosevelt was quite a monster, he just did a poor job on the economics.

Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.

Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with.

The easiest way to steal a man's wallet is to tell him you're going to steal his watch.

Oh death you can wait keep your distance.

This particular type of human carries weapons slightly more lethal than your beloved pink monstrosity

I'm not such a bad fighter myself," Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. "Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertaining diversion.

Talk about cheap - on Christmas Eve, my neighbour shoots off three blanks and tells his kids Santa Claus just committed suicide.

Love is authentic only when it gives freedom. Love is true only when it respects the other person's individuality, his privacy.

For me, the filmmaking should serve the story, first and foremost.

He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.

Man's earthly interests,'are all hooked and buttoned together, and held up, by Clothes.

Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple.