Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
The next time a car appeared down Market Street, I stepped right out into the road, waving my arms over my head, shouting.
So quick and so fiercely I barely had time to gasp before it was locked on me.
A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise.