Never fight an inanimate object. Read Summary
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. Read Summary
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. Read Summary
Hubris is one of the great renewable resources. Read Summary
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible. Read Summary
The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs. Read Summary
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. Read Summary
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. Read Summary
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. Read Summary
In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America. Read Summary