The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.

I do not like the phrase: Never cross a bridge till you come to it. The world is owned by men who cross bridges on their imaginations miles and miles in advance of the procession.

The American conception of advertising is to arouse desires and stimulate wants, to make people dissatisfied with the old and out-of-date and by constant iteration to send them out to work harder to get the latest model - whether that model be an icebox or a rug or a new home.

It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.

In good times, people want to advertise; in bad times, they have to.

When you are through changing, you are through.

The most important thing about getting somewhere is starting right where we are.