"Living is more or less a constant bore."

"No living reptile has cheeks. But no living reptile has grinding teeth anything remotely resembling those of a duckbill. If the duckbills could have evolved such unreptilian teeth, why couldn't they h…"

"I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who has made money. The truth of the matter is, you all, you all know, you all know in your gut what has to be done. We can disagree in the margins but the …"

"I don't know you, ma'am, and apparently I'm expected to die for you."

"Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life."