In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
History is more or less bunk.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
My home is not a place, it is people.
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.