The conservative Boston Herald, which had earlier described the revelations about Barney′s two-year relationship with a male prostitute as “one of the most tawdry episodes in modern Massachusetts politics” and had run a story by the columnist Howie Carr calling Frank “a sicko who happens to be a pol,” urged him to resign his house seat.

Graham (James Spader): Because I don't think it's a choice that you'd make in a normal frame of mind. / Ann (Andie MacDowell): And what would you know about a normal frame of mind?

Rinse the dishes after you wash them.

Franklinize your good principle. Let your treasurer at term-day acknowledge the principle of Stipend-paying, but renounce its specific forms of Sovereigns and Bank-notes, —how do you like it?