Thomas Love Peacock

The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

Names are changed more readily than doctrines, and doctrines more readily than ceremonies.

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.

The closest I've come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate floor.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.