The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise.
Success is a matter of luck. If you want proof, ask any failure.
Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
He's so snobbish he has an unlisted zip-code.
Cinema is not a playground for Sharon Stone.
The yearbook voted me most likely to be scraped off an onramp by a puking fireman.
I always knew I could hold people's attention and make them laugh every 30 or 40 seconds, and I got approval and attention for that, so the behavior was reinforced. Later, that became an important skill on the street corner.
My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?