“In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.”

“Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.”

“Muscles come and go flab lasts. ”

“Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.”

“It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.”

“The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.”

“The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.”

“A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.”

“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.”

“Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.”

“We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.”