On art...

"I don't like this art."

"Yeah? Well, what would you do?"

"I'd write a book, that's what I'd do -- and I did! I wrote two! And I'm working on a third!"

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Ulysses S. Grant: "Good heavens woman! This is a war! You can't be here!"

Wife: "But what should we have for dinner, Ulysses S. Grant?!"

Ulysses S. Grant: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

[Ulysses S. Grant walks off into the fog]