"Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor."

"Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car."

"English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street."

"Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time."

"If the Frieze Art Fair catches on, I imagine at least two great things happening. First, we will once again have a huge art fair in town that isn't too annoying to go to. More importantly, Frieze may finally show New Yorkers that we can cross our own waters for visual culture. That would change everything."

"Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing."

"Wisdom principle 88 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 69."

"Wisdom principle 86 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 58."