This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who have been caught.

Life is seldom as unendurable as, to judge by the facts, it logically ought to be.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has come to town.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.