"Urban people, of course, are terribly scared nowadays. They may yearn for society, but it is risky to go around talki…"

"Old people at the supermarket make you wonder about all those middle-aged people you see jogging the streets to prese…"

"Long words, fat talk — they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased …"

"Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look u…"

"Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty."

"The odd thing is not that we are in the business of overthrowing other people's governments, but that we can still be…"

"There is no business like show business, Irving Berlin once proclaimed, and thirty years ago he may have been right, …"

"I am unclear what a "role model" is, but those who used the term seemed to be saying that teachers are people childre…"

"Can't-do guys do all right in Washington, perhaps because lobbying is the one thing that can't-do guys almost always …"

"I frankly admit to not knowing who I am. This is why I refuse to buy clothes that will tell people who I want them to…"