“Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use y...” — Tom Lehrer Quote

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use your thumbs.

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

I didn't feel the need for anonymous affection, for people in the dark applauding. To me, it would be like writing a novel and then getting up every night and reading your novel.

The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands.

Listing and counting have a spooky, magical power, and the holiday season is a spooky, magical time.

The people of South Jersey are counting on me.

It took me ten years to write a proper story. I floundered about trying to shape something, counting on the 'feeling' I had as I wrote, only to discover upon rereading my work that the feeling had disappeared, and what remained was an empty shell.

I know how much money goes into every minute of production and how many people are counting on me, so I don't ever want to be one to let anyone down.