If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?

Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time.

A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.

Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave him of his covetousness.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.