It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.
Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.
I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.' I just feel a sort of small triumph.
I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.