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.

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.

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.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

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 groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.

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.

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

Muscles come and go; flab lasts.