Occupation: Writer Birth: January 14, 1919 Death: November 4, 2011
I've learned... That when you're in love, it shows..
Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do ….
You're better off missing a bus or an airplane once in a while than you are getting there too early all the time..
I've learned... That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am..
Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If….
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all..
The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - t….
If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not ….
I often pass a farm with cows grazing in the field and I think to myself how terrible it is that human beings grow other animals just to kill them an….
Sooner or later the world will have to return to the good old days when we fought wars and killed people the old-fashioned way, one at a time..
Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose..
Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things….
A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learn….
For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40 +, there is a balding, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-ye….
Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it..
When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools..
We aren't consistent in our treatment of animals..
If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started..
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." ~ (1919-), Amer….
Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything..
I don't know anything offhand that mystifies Americans more than the cotton they put in pill bottles. Why do they do it? Are you supposed to put the ….