A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.

Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.