But we must not suffer over the suffering.
Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.
The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.
Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
Since philosophy is the exploration of the rational, it is for that very reason the apprehension of the present and the actual, not the erection of a beyond, supposed to exist, God knows where, or rather which exists, and we can perfectly well say where, namely in the error of a one-sided, empty, ratiocination.
Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers.
East St. Louis-which the local press refers to as "an inner city without an outer city"-has some of the sickest children in America. Of 66 cities in Illinois, East St. Louis ranks first in fetal death, first in premature birth, and third in infant health.