Ragtime Was A Fanfare For The 20th

There Is A Distinction To Be Drawn Between True Collectors And Accumulators. Collectors Are Discriminating; Accumulators Act At Random. The Collyer Brothers, Who Died Among The Tons Of Newspapers And Trash With Which They Filled Every Cubic Foot Of Their House So That They Could Scarcely Move, Were A Classic Example Of Accumulators, But There Are Many Of Us Whose Houses Are Filled With All Manner Of Things That We "can't Bear To Throw Away.

The Art Snob Can Be Recognized In The Home By The Quick Look He Gives The Pictures On Your Walls, Quick But Penetrating, As Though He Were Undressing Them. This Is Followed Either By Complete And Pained Silence Or A Comment Such As 'that's Really A Very Pleasant Little Water Color You Have There.

In My Estimation, The Only Thing That Is More To Be Guarded Against Than Bad Taste Is Good Taste.

Sure, I've Seen People Like You Before - But I Had To Pay An Admission.

Sure, I'd Love To Help You Out...now, Which Way Did You Come In?