"People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it."

"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, And that's what parents were created for."

"The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!"

"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold."

"When there are monsters there are miracles."

"Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else."

"Television 鈥?a medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done."

"It's scary to think that the infrastructure of the industrialized world is increasingly based on software like this."

"Tell Wind and Fire where to stop but don't tell me."

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only that gives everything its value."

"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done."

"We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves."