Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy. Peter De Vries New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian. Russell Baker
US columnist & journalist (1925 - ) Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist. Truman Capote
US author (1924 - 1984) Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. Oscar Wilde
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) It is better to be quotable than to be honest. Tom Stoppard
British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 - ) Puritanism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956) In the fight between you and the world, back the world. Frank Zappa
US musician, singer, & songwriter (1940 - 1993) Gifts are like hooks. Marcus Valerius Martialis
(40 AD - 103 AD) Holidays are an expensive trial of strength. The only satisfaction comes from survival. Jonathan Miller | 
