The Wonderful Thing About Being A New

A Reader Should Be Able To Identify A Column Without Its Byline Or Funny Little Picture On Top Purely By Look Or Feel, Or Its Turgidity Ratio.

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.

To Communicate, Put Your Words In Order; Give Them A Purpose; Use Them To Persuade, To Instruct, To Discover, To Seduce.

Gridlock Is Great. My Motto Is, 'don't Just Do Something. Stand There.'

Better To Be A Jerk That Knees Than A Knee That Jerks.