The country's present supply of foreign news depends largely on how best a number of dry goods merchants in New York think they can sell underwear.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy

I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.

The world isn't going backward, if you can just stay young enough to remember what it was really like when you were really young.

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

I had an attack of the gout two days before pulling out, and I went limping off to the war instead of coming limping back from it.