One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
It felt like they used a baton or something -- it was harder than anyone had ever hit me in the head before.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.