Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. – Author unknown, supposedly from a Washington Post reader submission word contest
I get very nervous whenever I think about it. Ive never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman – shes really my only idol. Its going to be a big stretch – certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile. – Judy Holliday
And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain, you look for it in vain. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The relationship between press and politician – protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial – becomes sour, raw and confrontational. – Roger Mudd
