The feathered race with pinions skim the air - / Not so the mackerel, and still less the bear.

A Conservative is only a Tory who is ashamed of himself.

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but there are a lot of good race cars out here, ... This is the best field (of Funny Cars) I've ever seen and that goes back to the days of 'Snake' and 'Mongoose,' Bernstein and the 'Blue Max' (references to Don Prudhomme, Tom McEwen, Kenny Bernstein and the car driven by three-time champion Raymond Beadle). I raced against all of them and I got spanked regular. But, bottom line, it's tougher now. There are no easy rounds.

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such

I think the race remains wide open.