The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
I don't own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say 'Mitch,' and I say 'what?' and turn my head slightly.