Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.
You can't deny laughter. When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
To try to be better is to be better.