Walter Bagehot Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Aristophanes Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. If you can't laugh at yourself, make fun of other people. Bobby Slayton Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
W. C. Fields Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles. If you bet on a horse, that's gambling. If you bet you can make three spades, that's entertainment. If you bet cotton will go up three points, that's business. As a child, a library card takes you to exotic, faraway places.