The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into read more

The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Even without a liquidation, the low-cost carriers have a lot of capacity coming in, ... It (liquidation) is not going read more

Even without a liquidation, the low-cost carriers have a lot of capacity coming in, ... It (liquidation) is not going to be a picnic in terms of fare raising.

I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even read more

I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref gets put in that situation -- somebody who weighs 215 going against somebody who weighs 165 -- it's an obvious call to make.

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and read more

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers

Our seniors had a good couple of days, I'd like to congratulate them. And as for our underclassmen, it's time read more

Our seniors had a good couple of days, I'd like to congratulate them. And as for our underclassmen, it's time for them to start thinking about next year.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from read more

If you were a purist about language, you might think that this was a disease that people were contracting from contact with the show. If you are somebody who delights in that ephemeral novelty in language, then you realize that people are so impressed with what the show and that it's affected them so much, that at least mildly in their own language practices, they want to be a part of it, and I think that's interesting to see happen.