The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.

History had been man's effort to accomodate himself to what he could not do. Amereican history in the 20th century would, more than ever before, test man's ability to accomodate himself to all the new things he could do.

There is no disinfectant like success.

Dispersed as the Jews are, they still form one nation, foreign to the land they live in.

Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington.

Not so many years ago there was no simpler or more intelligible notion than that of going on a journey. Travel -movement through space -provided the universal metaphor for change. One of the subtle confusions -perhaps one of the secret terrors -of modern life is that we have lost this refuge. No longer do we move through space as we once did.