It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year. — Tom Lehrer. American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)
On my income tax 1040 it says 'Check this box if you are blind.' I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.
I've occasionally heard that I was kicked out of Harvard for being a Communist, for dealing drugs, for corrupting minors, or for diverse other infractions of local decorum. Unfortunately, none of these rumors are true. The one I've heard more often is that I am dead. That one I encouraged, hoping it would cut down on the junk mail. It didn't.