In America Nothing Dies Easier Than Tradition.

The Old Notion That Brevity Is The Essence Of Wit Has Succumbed To The Modern Idea That Tedium Is The Essence Of Quality.

Anything That Isn't Opposed By About 40 Percent Of Humanity Is Either An Evil Business Or So Unimportant That It Simply Doesn't Matter.

The Dirty Work At Political Conventions Is Almost Always Done In The Grim Hours Between Midnight And Dawn. Hangmen And Politicians Work Best When The Human Spirit Is At Its Lowest Ebb.

The People Who Say: 'you Are What You Eat' Have Always Seemed Addled To Me. In My Opinion, You Are What You Think, And If You Don't Think, You Can Eat All The Meat In Kansas City And Still Be Nothing But A Vegetable.

Rereading A.j. Liebling Carries Me Happily Back To An Age When All Good Journalists Knew They Had Plenty To Be Modest About, And Were.