If your friend says of some picture, "Yes, but what does it mean?" ask him, what his carpet means or the circular patterns on his shoes

Your function as a critic is to show that it is really you yourself who should have written the book, if you had had the time, and since you hadn't you are glad that someone else had, although obviously it might have been done better.

Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.

The bonds of friendship dwindle with age, Oliver. But a little blackmail lasts forever.

My friend invented Cliff's Notes. When I asked him how he got such a great idea, he said, "Well, first I... I just... well, to make a long story short..."

I'm on the phone ask tomorrow