Tapwater Jackson Living Small

Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Words and images are like shells, no less integral parts of nature than are the substances they cover, but better addressed to the eye and more open to observation.

Most successful long-term relationship: a sourdough culture.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

While you were dead, I found these talking hot dogs.

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it.

In America, anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take.

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

Do you think the porter and the cook have no anecdotes, no experiences, no wonders for you? Every body knows as much as the savant. The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.

If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

This guy is like Gandhi, only better — he likes puppets.

Never underestimate the joy of cheap beer and bowling.