“Human experience is usually paradoxical, if that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy.”

“It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn”

“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”

“I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.”

“That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.”

“Some economists argue that the apparent paradox rests on an illusion: there is no real 'labor shortage,' only a shortage of people willing to work at the wages currently being offered. You might as well talk about a 'Lexus shortage' — which there is, in a sense, for anyone unwilling to pay $40,000 for a car.”