"If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector"

“I should probably confess that ice cream is my favorite food, and I eat it every night. When I go grocery shopping, I try to buy a new flavor, rather than reverting back to a favorite flavor. I'm on a mission to taste every flavor of ice cream out there!”

“I used so much hairspray that I feel personally responsible for global warming!”

“There is nothing wrong with us sitting down and arguing that issue that we are a European country.”

“What is a roofless cathedral to a well-built pie?”

“Beauty is a dangerous property, tending to corrupt the mind of the wife, though it soon loses its influence over the husband. A figure agreeable and engaging, which inspires affection, without the ebriety of love, is a much safer choice.”

“Look to the present. The great disease of 'I will be happy when ...' is sweeping the world. You know the symptoms. You start thinking: I'll be happy when I get that ... BMW ... promotion ... status ... money. The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.”

“Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him.”

Source : Roger Kahn (1973). “The Boys of Summer”, Signet

“I just want people to admit that there's no one way to live your life.”