In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

Every period ruled by mystics was an era of stagnation and want, when most men were on strike against existence.

No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization - this tea ritual and the detective novel.

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of government by pressure groups. Its methods range from mere social courtesies and cocktail-party or luncheon "friendships" to favors, threats, bribes, blackmail.

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries.