* Winston Churchill is said to have joked that “Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing once all other possibilities have been exhausted.” He wouldn’t have been joking today.
* “When all is said and done, more is said than done.”—The late Lou Holtz.
* Sign of the times: “Stop Hiring Humans.”—From an AI start-up billboard campaign in San Francisco.
* If we keep needing to say “This is not who we are,” maybe it’s because this is now, alas, who we are?
* Ever notice that “It goes without saying” is always followed by more saying?
* Get thee to a punnery. Flattery: phony express. Sarcasm: quip lash.
* A non-believing participant in an Easter Egg hunt: an eggnostic.