If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person.
Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.
Other than a short article I read in 2008 when the real story broke, I have not followed the Clark Rockefeller case, and 'Schroder' is not a novelization of that story.
I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort of voice. Contemporary crooners rather than rockers.
I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.
I'm closer to Bob Newhart than Rodney Dangerfield.
I had never been much of a science-fiction or Buck Rogers fan. I was more interested in what was going on right now than in the centuries to come.
We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.
Montauk is a little more raw and rugged than the other parts of the Hamptons, and I like that.
I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
It's easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
I'd much rather wear out than rust out.
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
Silence is safer than speech.
You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.
There is no safer place to put your money than in the middle of the U.S.
Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.
