"I want you to play a great game of basketball, kid!"

—They have little power games they play to feel important.

"Welcome to the sidewalk, man!" [Sarcastically, from an irate pedestrian; you're pinned in a driveway by heavy traffic]

—ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S BAD! [With a stoner drawl] ... Kill yourself!

"You're welcome." [Dark sarcasm]

—That would help, huh?

"What's new, Richard?"

—Especially for people who are living by the skin of their teeth.

"What's new there?"

—Just so much.

"What do you do for a living?" [To a six-year-old]

—Make friends.

"What was the weather like during the last week?"

—It was brutal.

"My God, you look terrible – Did you get any sleep last night?"

—And I'm looking forward to a long, rich, full life.

"When was the last time you saw Richard?"

—Squandering his inheritance.

"Everything seems to be a target for him."

—It's double what it was.

"Someone should put him to sleep."

—Please ... Not the fly swatter!

"Last month I mailed the letter to your post office address, but the post office returned my letter back to me."

—That was good and it didn't cost anything.

"Picky, picky, picky!"

—Not that much.

"Don't be so picky."

—What do you get out of being good?

"Don't be picky."

—If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.

"Where's my friendship bracelet?"

—Think of something better to do.

"Have you met your new neighbors?" [Let's see ... the two girls who lived upstairs moved out ... no one else has actually moved in]

—In this country everyone's weird.

"Faith in what sense?"

—Where would you look inside if you were going to look for something?

"What's new in the world?"

—The meek shall inherit the earth. (Psalms 37:11)

"So, what's new?"

—Day and night.

"Anything new?"

—Nothing we haven't planned for.

"Well, is it something new?"

—At least it's different.

"This is new!"

—It's a huge success.

"How much longer are you going to hog the computer?"

—You don't have to pretend there's something wrong with you.

"What are your New Year's resolutions?"

—To make love to as many different women as possible.

"How's your wife?"

—Life is like that, too.

"How's your husband?"

—Suddenly sensitive.

"I don't want to get undressed in front of him ... I don't want him to see me."

—How to be nice to more people ... You're safe .. I'm sure you'll work it out ... I'm sure we're going to see the burning bush pretty soon!

"Hide! – I don't want him to see you!"

—This is where I've learned everything.

"Usually all I have to do is take off my clothes."

—I have that effect on people.

"Where do you get such pretty clothes?"

—Not a lot at a time.

"I stand corrected."

—I don't have to be right.

"I looked at your website the other day."

—It's many things.

"What is meant by the stargates?"

—People don't have thoughts and feelings – They have realizations.

"Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense – What is that?"

—Tonic, we call it – It's an old-fashioned art.

"You were nice to her! – You don't want to ruin your reputation."

—It's gonna break your heart!

"You do have a reputation."

—But, that's the story!

"Since when?"

—I will put this in my garden of wonders.

"It must be so hard for you since your parents got a divorce."

—It isn't – I don't suffer THAT much.

"Where would you like to go if you could go anyplace?"

—It's very, very close.

"How was your honeymoon?"

—Highly recommended.

"I love the smell in here! – It's very grandfatherly."

—Did someone step on a duck?

"Tell your wife that one."

—What a good story.

[Fart!]

—Always blooming.

"How's that pretty wife of yours?"

—She talks about you all the time. She says, "How's that stud?"

"What's she see in you, anyway?"

—True colors.

"You're the last one?"

—Who says you're not?

"So, when is the market going to slip?"

—Big mystery.

"What do you do all night on the Internet ... besides go to porn sites?"

—You should get a book on Japanese farmhouse architecture.

"Period. End of story."

—We're through for the week.

"Are we done being neighbors for now?"

—You're supposed to do what's good for your life.

"May the force be with you!"

—Even now.

"Live long and prosper."

—Lots of luck.

"Brother, keep the faith!"

—As long as you're alive, you're doing all right.

"Fuck me!"

—If you don't have four tickets to the Sharks, you're not a real man!

"Enjoy the show."

—The sequel's called, "Another Part of the Forest."