“Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind”

“My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!”

“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”

“Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.And the magical things you can do with that ballwill make you the winning-est winner of all.Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be,with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.Except when they don'tBecause, sometimes they won't.I'm afraid that some timesyou'll play lonely games too.Games you can't win'cause you'll play against you.”

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!”

“The news just came in from the County of KeckThat a very small bug by the name of Van VleckIs yawning so wide you can look down his neck.This may not seem very important, I know, but it Is, so I'm bothering telling you so.”