Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.
Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.
There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.
Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.
Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.'
Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and wiring will burn out to protect fuses.
To err is human, to purr feline.
Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.
A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.
No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.
Partying is such sweet sorrow.
To apply spin with security, you must learn to make a snug bridge with your forefinger looped over the cue. When you hit the cueball, follow straight through; don't let your cue rise in the air after impact.
There is money to be made giving trick-shot shows at schools, clubs, tournaments, and even shopping centers. Pool shows on television almost always include a few fancy shots.
A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.
It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.
If you know a good player who is tempted by pool hustling, introduce him at once to a career guidance counselor, a psychotherapist, or a surgeon who does lobotomies.
Once-dominant games like straight pool and three-cushion billiards have lost ground to eight-ball - the game of choice for millions of tavern league players - and nine-ball, the preeminent tournament game.
Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
