Have A Definite Opinion.

On The Analogy Of 'dictionary Johnson,' We Call Fred R. Shapiro, Editor Of The Just-published Yale Book Of Quotations (well Worth The $50 Price), 'quotationeer Shapiro.' Shapiro Does Original Research, Earning His 1,067-page Volume A Place On The Quotation Shelf Next To Bartlett's And Oxford's.

After Eating, An Epicure Gives A Thin Smile Of Satisfaction; A Gastronome, Burping Into His Napkin, Praises The Food In A Magazine; A Gourmet, Repressing His Burp, Criticizes The Food In The Same Magazine; A Gourmand Belches Happily And Tells Everybody Where He Ate; A Glutton Empraces The White Porcelain Alter, Or More Plainly, He Barfs.

The Remarkable Legion Of The Unremarked, Whose Individual Opinions Are Not Colorful Or Different Enough To Make News, But Whose Collective Opinion, When Crystallized, Can Make History.

Last, But Not Least, Avoid Cliches Like The Plague.

Gridlock Is Great. My Motto Is, 'don't Just Do Something. Stand There.'