Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
           -- John Kenneth Galbraith

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
           -- George Bernard Shaw

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an
illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
           -- David Sedaris, interview in Louisville Courier-Journal, June 5,
2005

A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended.
           -- Evan Esar