“It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon monocultural commodity production, the clear-cutting of written and spoken English.” SaidPastHalfClearCuttingWrittenProductionsFollowingDecadesInstanceTragicCommodityVocabularyClear CuttingSpoken English Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.” SaidEyeLife IsEnjoyLaughingBehaviorIdiotTragicSense Of HumorGogol Author:Mel Brooks